Reviewing First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust (OTCMKTS:FCXXF) & NNN REIT (NYSE:NNN)

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

90.0% of NNN REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of NNN REIT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust and NNN REIT, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust	0	5	0	0	2.00
NNN REIT	2	9	3	0	2.07

NNN REIT has a consensus target price of $47.60, suggesting a potential upside of 3.72%. Given NNN REIT’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe NNN REIT is more favorable than First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust.

Profitability

This table compares First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust and NNN REIT’s 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
NNN REIT	40.35%	8.70%	4.06%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust and NNN REIT”s 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
NNN REIT	$953.25 million	9.24	$389.78 million	$2.04	22.50

NNN REIT has higher revenue and earnings than First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust.

Summary

NNN REIT beats First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust on 9 of the 9 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 NNN REIT

NNN REIT invests primarily in high-quality retail properties subject generally to long-term, net leases. As of December 31, 2023, the company owned 3,532 properties in 49 states with a gross leasable area of approximately 36.0 million square feet and a weighted average remaining lease term of 10.1 years. NNN is one of only three publicly traded REITs to have increased annual dividends for 34 or more consecutive years.