Profitability
This table compares Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust and Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust | -29.69% | N/A | -4.57% |
| Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações | 19.37% | 15.77% | 7.66% |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
35.3% of Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 40.6% of Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust and Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust | $103.20 million | 0.02 | -$4.69 million | ($388.74) | -0.01 |
| Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações | $1.25 billion | 0.84 | $188.70 million | $0.71 | 3.77 |
Risk and Volatility
Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dividends
Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 47.3%. Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust pays out -0.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações pays out 11.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações beats Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust
Headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. is a fully integrated, self-managed commercial real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on owning and operating income-producing retail properties with a primary focus on grocery-anchored centers.
About Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações
Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações develops and constructs residential properties in Brazil. It also provides real estate services, such as construction management and technical consultancy services. The company was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.
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