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First Capital Real Estate Investment TrustFCR-UN.TOCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Canada · CAD·Real Estate›Real Estate Investment Trusts

Owns grocery-anchored, necessity-based retail properties in major Canadian urban markets.

Momentum neutral 59
Mkt cap
$3.55B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
99%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$8.67M
20-day average traded
P/B
1.01×
price to book
ROE
24.2%
delivered
Implied ROE
8.1%
what the price asks
Next earnings
95 days
9 Feb 2027
Close · CADC$23.39
1D+0.1%
1W+1.9%
1M+1.9%
3M+2.1%
6M-0.3%
YTD+23.8%
1Y+23.0%
ATR %0.8%
52w lowhigh1.9% off high

What First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust does

Owns grocery-anchored, necessity-based retail properties in major Canadian urban markets.

Collects rent from grocery-anchored centres where long leases to food retailers bring daily traffic that supports the smaller shops. It also redevelops sites to add residential towers and other uses. Its properties are concentrated in Toronto, Calgary, Montreal and Vancouver.

Products and services

  • Grocery-anchored shopping centres

Customers

  • Grocery anchors (Loblaw, Metro, Sobeys)
  • National/local retail tenants

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Real estate
  • Retail REIT
  • Grocery-anchored urban centres

What could go right

  • Grocery-anchored retail resilience
  • Urban infill development upside

What could go wrong

  • E-commerce pressure on non-grocery tenants
  • Interest-rate sensitivity

Moat: narrow (scale, installed base). Prime urban, grocery-anchored locations are resilient and hard to replicate near dense populations.

Headquarters: Toronto, Canada · Employees: 372

Named competitors

First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust at a glance

Size First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust (FCR-UN.TO) is a Canada Real Estate company (Real Estate Investment Trusts) with a market value of $3.55B, the 145th largest of 420 Canada companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at C$23.39 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 0.3%, against -5.1% for the median peer and +5.2% for the Canada market (cap-weighted) — 7th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 2.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.0%); the operating margin is 48.6% (peer median 48.4%).

Valuation It trades at 1.01× book value against a peer median of 0.95× (9th most expensive of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 8.1%; First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust delivers 24.2%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.

Next results Next results expected around 9 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

9510010511 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026FCR-UN.TO 100Peer median 95
Six months, rebased to 100: First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust financials

Reported figures in CAD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueC$765MC$761MC$761MC$714MC$719M
Revenue growth—0%+7%-1%—
Gross profitC$486MC$487MC$492MC$447MC$445M
EBITDAC$374MC$425MC$438MC$394MC$396M
Net incomeC$1.08BC$1.06BC$205M-C$134M-C$160M
Free cash flowC$220MC$212MC$239MC$232MC$256M
Capital expenditureC$0C$0C$0C$0C$0
Total debtC$4.13BC$3.99BC$4.04BC$4.08BC$4.13B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-10%0%+10%+20%-5%0%+5%+10%CURBCOLNHICOVHHIWIRT8972CAR-UN3462J69UPHPSRU-UNBNLGRT-UNK71USLGME8USHCPKFCR-UN.TO6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

0%10%20%10×1.50×CURBCOLNHICOVHHIWIRT8972CAR-UN3462PHPBNLK71USLGSHCT82UPKFCR-UN.TOReturn on equity →Price / book →
A bank or insurer earning more on its equity usually trades at a higher multiple of book; points far above the trend are priced for more. First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

0%10%20%0%10%20%CURBCOLNHICOVHHIWIRT8972CAR-UN3462J69UPHPBNLK71USLGPKFCR-UN.TOROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust is the large dot.

First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (FCR-UN.TO vs REI-UN.TO vs SRU-UN.TO vs CHP-UN.TO)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust FCR-UN.TO$3.55B0%+3%24%1.01×8.1%
RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust REI-UN.TO$4.41B-3%-13%7%0.86×7.7%
SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust SRU-UN.TO$3.37B-3%-1%3%0.93×7.4%
Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust CHP-UN.TO$7.95B-1%+4%-2%2.66×14.7%
Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust CRR-UN.TO$2.22B-3%+4%-3%1.70×11.5%
Primaris Real Estate Investment Trust PMZ-UN.TO$2.11B+21%+18%5%1.08×9.1%
CT Real Estate Investment Trust CRT-UN.TO$3.11B+3%+5%13%0.68×6.2%
Slate Grocery REIT SGR-UN.TO$763M+8%+2%6%1.12×9.7%

How First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureFCR-UN.TOPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+1.9%+3.3%7th lowest of 21
6-month return-0.3%-5.1%7th highest of 21
Return on equity24.2%5.3%highest of 21
Price / book1.01×0.95×9th most expensive of 21
Trailing P/E4.6×16.2×cheapest of 18
ROE the price implies8.1%8.7%11th least demanding of 21
ROE delivered24.2%5.3%highest of 21

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust FCR-UN.TOCanada$3.55B0%+3%24%1.01×8.1%24.2%
Curbline Properties CURBUnited States$3.57B+5%+51%1%1.57×10.6%1.3%
Colonial SFL SOCIMI COL.MCSpain$3.58B-2%+4%6%0.55×7.6%5.6%
National Health Investors NHIUnited States$3.50B-5%+24%11%2.23×13.0%10.9%
Covivio Hotels SCA COVH.PAFrance$3.61B-9%+5%9%0.89×7.2%9.5%
Highwoods Properties HIWUnited States$3.47B+24%+6%8%1.48×13.8%7.9%
Independence Realty Trust IRTUnited States$3.63B-9%+3%2%1.06×9.8%1.8%
KDX Realty Investment 8972.TJapan$3.47B-16%+3%5%0.87×4.9%5.4%
Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust CAR-UN.TOCanada$3.45B-14%-7%-2%0.58×6.0%-1.5%
Nomura Real Estate Master Fund 3462.TJapan$3.66B-23%-18%5%0.96×4.5%4.8%
Frasers Centrepoint Trust J69U.SISingapore$3.43B-5%+16%8%0.92×3.4%7.9%
Primary Health Properties PHP.LUnited Kingdom$3.41B+6%+104%8%0.99×10.9%8.0%
SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust SRU-UN.TOCanada$3.37B-3%-1%3%0.93×7.4%3.1%
Broadstone Net Lease BNLUnited States$3.36B-12%+8%5%1.17×10.7%5.0%
Granite Real Estate Investment Trust GRT-UN.TOCanada$3.85B-6%+9%7%0.93×10.4%6.5%
Keppel REIT K71U.SISingapore$3.27B-5%+5%8%0.67×4.6%8.5%
SL Green Realty SLGUnited States$3.88B+11%+9%-3%1.12×14.6%-3.1%
Mapletree Industrial Trust ME8U.SISingapore$3.89B-10%-5%4%1.07×5.0%4.1%
Shaftesbury Capital SHC.LUnited Kingdom$3.91B+16%+9%10%0.71×10.2%9.7%
Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust T82U.SISingapore$3.18B-7%+1%5%0.67×4.3%5.2%
Park Hotels & Resorts PKUnited States$3.17B+39%-1%-5%1.03×12.1%-5.0%

Questions

Who are First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust's main competitors?
Named competitors: RioCan REIT (REI-UN.TO), SmartCentres REIT (SRU-UN.TO), Choice Properties REIT (CHP-UN.TO), Crombie REIT (CRR-UN.TO), Primaris REIT (PMZ-UN.TO), CT REIT (CRT-UN.TO). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Curbline Properties (CURB), Colonial SFL SOCIMI (COL.MC), National Health Investors (NHI), Covivio Hotels SCA (COVH.PA), Highwoods Properties (HIW), Independence Realty Trust (IRT).
Is First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 1.01× against a peer median of 0.95×, 9th most expensive of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 8.1%; First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust delivers 24.2%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.
How has First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -0.3% against -5.1% for the median peer; over one year +23.0%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.