Critical Survey: Nexus Industrial REIT (OTCMKTS:EFRTF) versus Modiv Industrial (NYSE:MDV)

Modiv Industrial (NYSE:MDV) and Nexus Industrial REIT (OTCMKTS:EFRTF) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Modiv Industrial and Nexus Industrial REIT, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Modiv Industrial	0	6	0	0	2.00
Nexus Industrial REIT	0	2	0	0	2.00

Modiv Industrial presently has a consensus target price of $18.50, indicating a potential upside of 2.49%. Given Modiv Industrial’s higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Modiv Industrial is more favorable than Nexus Industrial REIT.

Profitability

This table compares Modiv Industrial and Nexus Industrial REIT’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Modiv Industrial	16.35%	3.75%	1.55%
Nexus Industrial REIT	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Modiv Industrial and Nexus Industrial REIT”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Modiv Industrial	$46.16 million	4.04	$1.07 million	$0.36	50.14
Nexus Industrial REIT	N/A	N/A	N/A	($0.20)	-27.00

Modiv Industrial has higher revenue and earnings than Nexus Industrial REIT. Nexus Industrial REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Modiv Industrial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

8.2% of Modiv Industrial shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Modiv Industrial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Modiv Industrial beats Nexus Industrial REIT on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Modiv Industrial

Modiv Industrial, Inc. is an internally managed REIT that is focused on single-tenant net-lease industrial manufacturing real estate. The Company actively acquires critical industrial manufacturing properties with long-term leases to tenants that fuel the national economy and strengthen the nation's supply chains.

About Nexus Industrial REIT

Nexus Industrial REIT is a growth-oriented real estate investment trust focused on increasing unitholder value through the acquisition of industrial properties located in primary and secondary markets in Canada, and the ownership and management of its portfolio of properties. The REIT currently owns a portfolio of 116 properties (including two properties held for development in which the REIT has an 80% interest) comprising approximately 12.4 million square feet of gross leasable area. The REIT has approximately 93,038,000 voting units issued and outstanding, including approximately 68,427,000 REIT Units and approximately 24,611,000 Class B LP Units of subsidiary limited partnerships of Nexus, which are convertible to REIT Units on a one-to-one basis.