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Company snapshot — Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust

CAR-UN.TO in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust owns and manages rental apartment suites and townhomes across Canada, with some holdings in the Netherlands. It operates as a real estate investment trust, collecting rent from long-term residential tenants rather than developing or trading property. The trust is based in Toronto and was set up under Ontario law.
Where it sits in the stack
Canadian Apartment Properties carries no seat in our index; it sits in the Real Estate sector, within the Residential REIT sleeve of our wider universe, apart from the AI build-out stack.
Who it is priced against
There is no peer group set for it in our diary; the comparable name the market names alongside it is Boardwalk REIT, another Canadian residential landlord.
Why Closelook tracks it
It holds no seat in our index and carries no Closelook score, so it does not yet appear in our scored coverage or quoted editions.
What the diary watches
Whether occupancy and rent growth across its Canadian portfolio hold up as the chart trades well below its 50-day and 200-day levels.

Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (CAR-UN.TO) trades on the TO exchange in Canada, classified under Real Estate.

The Closelook company score reads 38/100 composite (momentum 26, quality 53, valuation 36) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for CAR-UN.TO, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against REIT - Residential · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

REIT - Residential

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against CAR-UN.TO on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 4.48%, monthly · buybacks 301 m CAD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What CAR-UN.TO pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.41 CAD per share · a 4.48% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 11 distributions, paid monthly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +40.5% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.00 CAD per share
  • Last distribution 0.13 CAD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-31
  • By calendar year 2025: 1.38 CAD · 2026: 1.03 CAD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-01-31
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 239 m CAD
  • Buybacks, FY2025 301 m CAD 6.2% of today's market value
  • Share count −5.5% in FY2025 10 m CAD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 540 m CAD · 165% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (CAR-UN.TO)?

Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust trades as CAR-UN.TO on the TO exchange (Canada) and is classified under Real Estate in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is CAR-UN.TO in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

What is Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust's Closelook composite score?

38 out of 100, with momentum 26, quality 53 and valuation 36 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does CAR-UN.TO trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -6.5% vs the 50-day and -10.7% vs the 200-day average, 21.7% below the 52-week high and +0.8% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust do?

Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust owns and manages rental apartment suites and townhomes across Canada, with some holdings in the Netherlands. It operates as a real estate investment trust, collecting rent from long-term residential tenants rather than developing or trading property. The trust is based in Toronto and was set up under Ontario law. There is no peer group set for it in our diary; the comparable name the market names alongside it is Boardwalk REIT, another Canadian residential landlord.

Where does Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust sit in the AI build-out?

Canadian Apartment Properties carries no seat in our index; it sits in the Real Estate sector, within the Residential REIT sleeve of our wider universe, apart from the AI build-out stack. It holds no seat in our index and carries no Closelook score, so it does not yet appear in our scored coverage or quoted editions.

Does Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust pay a dividend?

Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust has paid 1.41 CAD per share over the last twelve months, paid monthly, a trailing yield of 4.48% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.13 CAD on 2026-08-31. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 239 m CAD in dividends and bought back 301 m CAD of its own shares, 165% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 5.5% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for CAR-UN.TO, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then REIT - Residential, then Real Estate. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.