Comparing BSR Real Estate Investment Trust (OTCMKTS:BSRTF) & Equity Residential (NYSE:EQR)

BSR Real Estate Investment Trust (OTCMKTS:BSRTF) and Equity Residential (NYSE:EQR) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for BSR Real Estate Investment Trust and Equity Residential, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BSR Real Estate Investment Trust	0	1	0	0	2.00
Equity Residential	0	14	8	1	2.43

BSR Real Estate Investment Trust presently has a consensus price target of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.59%. Equity Residential has a consensus price target of $71.40, suggesting a potential upside of 12.12%. Given BSR Real Estate Investment Trust’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BSR Real Estate Investment Trust is more favorable than Equity Residential.

Profitability

This table compares BSR Real Estate Investment Trust and Equity Residential’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BSR Real Estate Investment Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
Equity Residential	27.97%	8.06%	4.29%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

92.7% of Equity Residential shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Equity Residential shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares BSR Real Estate Investment Trust and Equity Residential”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BSR Real Estate Investment Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Equity Residential	$3.13 billion	7.63	$1.12 billion	$2.30	27.69

Equity Residential has higher revenue and earnings than BSR Real Estate Investment Trust.

Summary

Equity Residential beats BSR Real Estate Investment Trust on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About BSR Real Estate Investment Trust

BSR Real Estate Investment Trust is an internally managed, unincorporated, open-ended real estate investment trust established pursuant to a declaration of trust under the laws of the Province of Ontario. The REIT owns a portfolio of multifamily garden-style residential properties located in attractive primary markets in the Sunbelt region of the United States.

About Equity Residential

Equity Residential is committed to creating communities where people thrive. The Company, a member of the S&P 500, is focused on the acquisition, development and management of residential properties located in and around dynamic cities that attract affluent long-term renters. Equity Residential owns or has investments in 305 properties consisting of 80,683 apartment units, with an established presence in Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., Seattle, San Francisco and Southern California, and an expanding presence in Denver, Atlanta, Dallas/Ft. Worth and Austin.