First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust (OTCMKTS:FCXXF) versus Saul Centers (NYSE:BFS) Head to Head Analysis

First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust (OTCMKTS:FCXXF) and Saul Centers (NYSE:BFS) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, valuation and dividends.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust and Saul Centers’ top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Saul Centers	$264.08 million	3.54	$52.69 million	$1.73	22.53

Saul Centers has higher revenue and earnings than First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust and Saul Centers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust	0	0	0	0	N/A
Saul Centers	0	0	1	0	3.00

Saul Centers has a consensus target price of $43.50, suggesting a potential upside of 11.60%. Given Saul Centers’ higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Saul Centers is more favorable than First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust.

Profitability

This table compares First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust and Saul Centers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
Saul Centers	20.49%	16.65%	2.71%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

50.0% of Saul Centers shares are owned by institutional investors. 56.6% of Saul Centers shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Saul Centers beats First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust

First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust (First Capital, RCF or the Fund) is an unincorporated open-end mutual fund governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada, and established pursuant to a declaration of trust dated October 16, 2019, which may be amended from time to time (the Declaration of Trust). First Capital owns, operates and develops open-air centers with a supermarket as the main tenant in the neighborhoods with the highest demographic data in Canada. The Fund is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (the TSX) under the symbol FCR.UN and its head office is located at 85 Hanna Avenue, Suite 400, Toronto, Ontario M6K 3S3.

About Saul Centers

Saul Centers is a self-managed, self-administered equity REIT headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. Saul Centers currently operates and manages a real estate portfolio comprised of 61 properties that includes (a) 57 community and neighborhood Shopping Centers and Mixed-Use properties with approximately 9.8 million square feet of leasable area and (b) four land and development properties. Over 85% of the Company’s property operating income is generated from properties in the metropolitan Washington, DC/Baltimore area.