CT Real Estate Investment (CRT.UN-T)

Billy Kawasaki’s Insights - Billy’s most-liked answers from 5i Research. A solid REIT. Not too expensive with good tenants and income. Cashflow is good. They raised distributions in June. Cashflow rose 5% last quarter with the payout ratio low at 72.6%. Unlock Premium - Try 5i Free

CT REIT (Canadian Tire) vs. Choice Properties (Loblaw) based on dividends for seniors He likes both REITs. Both dividends are safe, Choice paying 5.4% and CT 4.9%, and both well run. He owns Choice and bullish their outlook. He likes Loblaw as an operator and there is opportunity here. CT is very stable, with their development in Toronto's Yonge/Eglinton, a fantastic location, but very patient with this coming online in several phases.

They will probably have no trouble collecting their rents. Their business will be challenged by the AMZN-Q model. He would not chase them here as they are expensive.

CTC.A vs CRT.UN? CRT.UN has had a nice upward breakout recently which is very positive -- you may have missed the upside move on this one. CTC.A-T has been in a choppy trading cycle since last December. It now seems to be showing some relative strength to the S&P Index. He would stick with CTC.A-T.

He does not know this one well. You need to understand debt, payout ratios and they could have difficulty down the road.

This is probably the safer way to get a little bit of income into your portfolio without having to take on a lot of volatility. His only concern is that, given that it is a very well capitalized company, if Canadian Tire is going to be a going concern over the course of the next 10-15 years. This is probably a good opportunity to get yield and have a little bit of upside.