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SmartCentres Real Estate Investment TrustSRU-UN.TOCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Canada · CAD·Real Estate›Real Estate Investment Trusts

Owns Walmart-anchored power centres across Canada and develops mixed-use residential projects on retail land.

Momentum neutral 52
Mkt cap
$3.37B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
89%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$7.48M
20-day average traded
P/B
0.93×
price to book
ROE
3.1%
delivered
Implied ROE
7.4%
what the price asks
Next earnings
103 days
17 Feb 2027
Close · CADC$27.68
1D-0.9%
1W+2.5%
1M+5.7%
3M-3.8%
6M-2.5%
YTD+7.5%
1Y+4.5%
ATR %1.4%
52w lowhigh10.4% off high

What SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust does

Owns Walmart-anchored power centres across Canada and develops mixed-use residential projects on retail land.

Collects rent on Walmart-anchored centres, where Walmart, on long leases, draws the traffic that smaller shops rely on, and is also building apartments and offices on land beside its centres. Founder Mitchell Goldhar is the largest unit holder.

Products and services

  • Walmart-anchored power centres
  • Mixed-use residential development

Customers

  • Walmart (anchor tenant)
  • National retail tenants

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Real estate
  • Retail REIT
  • Power centres + mixed-use development

What could go right

  • Stable anchor-tenant cash flow
  • Development pipeline unlocking land value

What could go wrong

  • Reliance on Walmart as anchor tenant
  • Interest-rate sensitivity of development funding

Moat: narrow (scale, installed base). Long-standing partnership with Walmart anchors a large, stable retail portfolio with development upside.

Headquarters: Vaughan, Canada · Employees: 408

Named competitors

SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust at a glance

Size SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust (SRU-UN.TO) is a Canada Real Estate company (Real Estate Investment Trusts) with a market value of $3.37B, the 148th largest of 420 Canada companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at C$27.68 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 2.5%, against -5.1% for the median peer and +5.2% for the Canada market (cap-weighted) — 9th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 1.1% over the last twelve months (peer median +4.8%); the operating margin is 52.4% (peer median 48.1%).

Valuation It trades at 0.93× book value against a peer median of 1.00× (9th cheapest of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 7.4%; SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust delivers 3.1%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.

Next results Next results expected around 17 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

909510010511 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026SRU-UN.TO 97Peer median 95
Six months, rebased to 100: SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust financials

Reported figures in CAD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueC$931MC$927MC$932MC$854MC$821M
Revenue growth—-1%+9%+4%—
Gross profitC$572MC$572MC$555MC$522MC$505M
EBITDAC$497MC$538MC$532MC$520MC$588M
Net incomeC$157MC$252MC$237MC$414MC$516M
Free cash flowC$414MC$396MC$410MC$329MC$369M
Capital expenditureC$2.00MC$1.96MC$547,000C$1.91MC$1.59M
Total debtC$5.26BC$5.24BC$5.07BC$5.03BC$5.01B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

SmartCentres 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%BNLPHPJ69UCAR-UN8972HIWK71UNHIFCR-UNT82UCURBCOLPK89848985COVHIRTCRT-UN34628954SRU-UN.TO6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

0%5%10%10×1.50×BNLPHPJ69UCAR-UN8972HIWK71UNHIFCR-UNT82UCURBCOLPK89848985COVHIRTCRT-UN34628954SRU-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. SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

0%5%10%0%5%10%BNLPHPJ69UCAR-UN8972HIWK71UNHIFCR-UNT82UCURBCOLPK89848985COVHIRTCRT-UN8954SRU-UN.TOROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust is the large dot.

SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (SRU-UN.TO vs REI-UN.TO vs FCR-UN.TO vs CRT-UN.TO)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust SRU-UN.TO$3.37B-3%-1%3%0.93×7.4%
RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust REI-UN.TO$4.41B-3%-13%7%0.86×7.7%
First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust FCR-UN.TO$3.55B0%+3%24%1.01×8.1%
CT Real Estate Investment Trust CRT-UN.TO$3.11B+3%+5%13%0.68×6.2%

How SmartCentres 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.

SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureSRU-UN.TOPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+5.7%+2.9%7th highest of 21
6-month return-2.5%-5.1%9th highest of 21
Return on equity3.1%6.7%5th lowest of 21
Price / book0.93×1.00×9th cheapest of 21
Trailing P/E32.6×16.3×3rd most expensive of 19
ROE the price implies7.4%7.0%10th most demanding of 21
ROE delivered3.1%6.8%5th lowest 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
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%
Primary Health Properties PHP.LUnited Kingdom$3.41B+6%+104%8%0.99×10.9%8.0%
Frasers Centrepoint Trust J69U.SISingapore$3.43B-5%+16%8%0.92×3.4%7.9%
Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust CAR-UN.TOCanada$3.45B-14%-7%-2%0.58×6.0%-1.5%
KDX Realty Investment 8972.TJapan$3.47B-16%+3%5%0.87×4.9%5.4%
Highwoods Properties HIWUnited States$3.47B+24%+6%8%1.48×13.8%7.9%
Keppel REIT K71U.SISingapore$3.27B-5%+5%8%0.67×4.6%8.5%
National Health Investors NHIUnited States$3.50B-5%+24%11%2.23×13.0%10.9%
First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust FCR-UN.TOCanada$3.55B0%+3%24%1.01×8.1%24.2%
Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust T82U.SISingapore$3.18B-7%+1%5%0.67×4.3%5.2%
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%
Park Hotels & Resorts PKUnited States$3.17B+39%-1%-5%1.03×12.1%-5.0%
Daiwa House REIT Investment 8984.TJapan$3.15B-13%-9%5%1.01×4.4%4.9%
Japan Hotel Reit Investment 8985.TJapan$3.14B+7%+15%8%1.44×6.8%8.5%
Covivio Hotels SCA COVH.PAFrance$3.61B-9%+5%9%0.89×7.2%9.5%
Independence Realty Trust IRTUnited States$3.63B-9%+3%2%1.06×9.8%1.8%
CT Real Estate Investment Trust CRT-UN.TOCanada$3.11B+3%+5%13%0.68×6.2%12.9%
Nomura Real Estate Master Fund 3462.TJapan$3.66B-23%-18%5%0.96×4.5%4.8%
ORIX JREIT 8954.TJapan$3.06B-12%+35%8%1.36×5.4%8.3%

Questions

Who are SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust's main competitors?
Named competitors: RioCan REIT (REI-UN.TO), First Capital REIT (FCR-UN.TO), CT REIT (CRT-UN.TO). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Broadstone Net Lease (BNL), Primary Health Properties (PHP.L), Frasers Centrepoint Trust (J69U.SI), Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (CAR-UN.TO), KDX Realty Investment (8972.T), Highwoods Properties (HIW).
Is SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 0.93× against a peer median of 1.00×, 9th cheapest of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 7.4%; SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust delivers 3.1%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.
How has SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -2.5% against -5.1% for the median peer; over one year +4.5%.

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.