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First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust

FCR-UN.TO
48
REIT - Retail · Real Estate
Exchange
Toronto Stock Exchange
Winston Score
48
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Good
Growth
Good
Cash Flow
Mixed
Stability
Good
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Good

Winston Score History

The full picture

First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust is a Canadian company that owns and manages shopping centers and mixed-use properties. Its tenants are mostly everyday retailers like grocery stores, pharmacies, and other necessity-based businesses that people visit regularly. First Capital focuses on urban and suburban neighborhoods in Canada's largest cities, including Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, and Calgary.

First Capital makes money by collecting rent from the businesses that lease space in its properties. It operates exclusively in Canada and manages roughly 22 million square feet of leasable space, giving it a strong foothold in high-density urban areas where land is scarce and hard to replicate. Its focus on necessity-based tenants like grocers provides more stable income than malls anchored by fashion or discretionary retailers, but rising interest rates remain a key risk since REITs carry significant debt and higher borrowing costs can compress returns and reduce the value of its properties.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+3.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

-63.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

Insider Activity

0.6%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

C$367M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

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

Growth context

First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust is growing revenue at 3% 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

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
63.5%
Premium pricing power — 63.5% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
25.2%
Excellent — 25.2% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
4.1%
Weak — 4.1% 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 growth
Sales YoY
+1.2%
Nearly flat sales (+1.2% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+294.3%
Earnings growing fast (+294.3% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
5/8 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
20%
Weak — only 20% of profit becomes cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
16.1%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (16.1%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.84
Moderate — manageable debt (0.84)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
3.01x
Tight — interest eats into profit (3.0x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
4.7x
no trend
Attractive valuation — P/E 4.7

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
-13.1
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
4.02%
no trend
Healthy income — 4.02% yield

Generous yield. Worth checking whether the payout is sustainable.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+0.0%
no trend
Dividend flat

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