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Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust

CHP-UN.TO

REIT - Retail · Real Estate

Price

C$16.36

+0.23 (+1.43%)

Market Cap

C$5.37B

Exchange

Toronto Stock Exchange

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Winston Score between 40 and 70. The stock passes some quality checks but not all.

Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust is a Canadian company that owns and manages real estate. It owns shopping centers, grocery-anchored plazas, and other commercial properties across Canada. Its biggest tenant is Loblaw Companies, one of Canada's largest grocery chains, which occupies a large share of its properties.

Choice Properties makes money by collecting rent from its tenants under long-term lease agreements, which provides steady and predictable income. It operates almost entirely in Canada and has a market value of around $5.2 billion, making it one of the larger retail-focused REITs in the country. Its close relationship with Loblaw gives it stable occupancy rates, since grocery stores tend to stay open even during economic downturns, but that same concentration means the business is heavily dependent on a single tenant — if Loblaw were to shrink or renegotiate leases, it could meaningfully hurt Choice Properties' revenue.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+4.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+7.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (1%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

25.0%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$35M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust is growing revenue at 4% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

70.9%

Premium pricing power — 70.9% gross margin

Operating Margin

66.4%

Excellent — 66.4% operating margin

ROCE

1.4%

Weak — 1.4% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+3.2%

Slow sales growth (3.2% YoY)

EPS YoY

-108.5%

Earnings shrinking (-108.5% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

EPS Consistency

2/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

N/A

Data not available

FCF Margin

44.1%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (44.1%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.65

Moderate — manageable debt (0.65)

Interest Cover

2.10x

Tight — interest eats into profit (2.1x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio

N/M

Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful

P/E vs Forward

N/A

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

4.85%

Healthy income — 4.85% yield

Generous yield. Worth checking whether the payout is sustainable.

Dividend Growth

+1.0%

Dividend flat

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