Critical Review: Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust (OTCMKTS:CMLEF) & Alexander’s (NYSE:ALX)

Alexander’s (NYSE:ALX) and Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust (OTCMKTS:CMLEF) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

32.0% of Alexander’s shares are held by institutional investors. 26.4% of Alexander’s shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Alexander’s and Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alexander’s	79.06%	123.09%	14.43%
Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Alexander’s and Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alexander’s	1	0	1	1	2.67
Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust	0	0	0	0	0.00

Alexander’s currently has a consensus price target of $212.00, suggesting a potential downside of 20.23%. Given Alexander’s’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Alexander’s is more favorable than Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Alexander’s and Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alexander’s	$214.80 million	6.32	$28.22 million	$33.05	8.04
Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Alexander’s has higher revenue and earnings than Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust.

Summary

Alexander’s beats Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust on 10 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Alexander’s

Alexander’s, Inc. (NYSE: ALX) is a real estate investment trust (REIT), incorporated in Delaware, engaged in leasing, managing, developing and redeveloping its properties. All references to we, us, our, Company and Alexander’s refer to Alexander’s, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries. We are managed by, and our properties are leased and developed by, Vornado Realty Trust (Vornado) (NYSE: VNO). We have five properties in New York City.

About Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust

Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust is a closed-end investment trust, which owns and manage commercial properties. It operates through the following segments: Office Properties, Retail Properties, Industrial and Flex Properties, Cominar’s Proportionate Share, and Joint Ventures. The company was founded by Jules Dallaire on March 31, 1998 and is headquartered in Quebec, Canada.