Dream Residential Real Estate Investment Trust (OTCMKTS:DRREF) versus BRT Apartments (NYSE:BRT) Financial Review

Dream Residential Real Estate Investment Trust (OTCMKTS:DRREF) and BRT Apartments (NYSE:BRT) are both real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Dream Residential Real Estate Investment Trust and BRT Apartments, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dream Residential Real Estate Investment Trust	0	0	1	0	3.00
BRT Apartments	0	0	2	0	3.00

Dream Residential Real Estate Investment Trust currently has a consensus target price of C$10.00, indicating a potential upside of 49.25%. BRT Apartments has a consensus target price of $26.50, indicating a potential upside of 53.89%. Given BRT Apartments’ higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BRT Apartments is more favorable than Dream Residential Real Estate Investment Trust.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Dream Residential Real Estate Investment Trust and BRT Apartments’ gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dream Residential Real Estate Investment Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
BRT Apartments	$70.53 million	4.54	$49.96 million	$0.07	246.00

BRT Apartments has higher revenue and earnings than Dream Residential Real Estate Investment Trust.

Profitability

This table compares Dream Residential Real Estate Investment Trust and BRT Apartments’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dream Residential Real Estate Investment Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
BRT Apartments	1.50%	0.57%	0.19%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

28.9% of BRT Apartments shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.3% of BRT Apartments shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

BRT Apartments beats Dream Residential Real Estate Investment Trust on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Dream Residential Real Estate Investment Trust

Dream Residential REIT is an unincorporated, open-ended real estate investment trust established and governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario. The REIT owns an initial portfolio of 16 garden-style multi-residential properties, consisting of 3,432 units primarily located in three markets across the Sunbelt and Midwest regions of the United States.

About BRT Apartments

BRT is a real estate investment trust that owns, operates and, to a lesser extent, holds interests in joint ventures that own multi-family properties. As of September 30, 2023, BRT owns or has interests in 28 multi-family properties with 7,707 units in 11 states.