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Company snapshot — SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust

SRU-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
SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust owns and manages a mix of retail, rental housing, office and self-storage properties across Canada, structured as a real estate investment trust (REIT), a vehicle that pools income-producing property and distributes most of its rental income to unit holders. Its portfolio centres on shopping-centre sites in communities nationwide, alongside newer housing and office developments built alongside them. It is based in Vaughan, Ontario, and was established in 2001.
Where it sits in the stack
SmartCentres does not hold a seat in our index. It sits within the Canadian real estate sleeve of our universe, in the retail-anchored REIT sector, where landlords lease space to retailers and other tenants rather than serving the AI build-out chain directly.
Who it is priced against
The diary carries no defined peer group for this name. Its industry classification, REIT - Retail, places it among other Canadian shopping-centre landlords; RioCan REIT is the competitor the market most often names alongside it.
Why Closelook tracks it
SmartCentres carries no Closelook index seat and no Closelook score, and the diary has not yet quoted it in any edition, so coverage here starts with this snapshot.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the units recover from their recent pullback, currently below both the 50-day and 200-day averages and off the 52-week high, or whether the retreat continues.

SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust (SRU-UN.TO) trades on the TO exchange in Canada, classified under Real Estate.

The Closelook company score reads 44/100 composite (momentum 41, quality 60, valuation 42) 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 SRU-UN.TO, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against REIT - Retail · Canada · 4 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

REIT - Retail · Canada

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

Compared against SRU-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 6.99%, monthly · last 0.15 CAD on 2026-08-31

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 1.85 CAD per share · a 6.99% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 12 distributions, paid monthly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +50.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.23 CAD per share
  • Last distribution 0.15 CAD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-31
  • By calendar year 2025: 1.85 CAD · 2026: 1.23 CAD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-01-31
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 268 m CAD 73% of earnings
  • Share count +0.7% in FY2025 2 m CAD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 268 m CAD · 71% 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 SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust (SRU-UN.TO)?

SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust trades as SRU-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 SRU-UN.TO in a Closelook index?

Not currently — SmartCentres 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 SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust's Closelook composite score?

44 out of 100, with momentum 41, quality 60 and valuation 42 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

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

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -6.8% vs the 50-day and -2.9% vs the 200-day average, 13.2% below the 52-week high and +11.2% 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 SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust do?

SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust owns and manages a mix of retail, rental housing, office and self-storage properties across Canada, structured as a real estate investment trust (REIT), a vehicle that pools income-producing property and distributes most of its rental income to unit holders. Its portfolio centres on shopping-centre sites in communities nationwide, alongside newer housing and office developments built alongside them. It is based in Vaughan, Ontario, and was established in 2001. The diary carries no defined peer group for this name. Its industry classification, REIT - Retail, places it among other Canadian shopping-centre landlords; RioCan REIT is the competitor the market most often names alongside it.

Where does SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust sit in the AI build-out?

SmartCentres does not hold a seat in our index. It sits within the Canadian real estate sleeve of our universe, in the retail-anchored REIT sector, where landlords lease space to retailers and other tenants rather than serving the AI build-out chain directly. SmartCentres carries no Closelook index seat and no Closelook score, and the diary has not yet quoted it in any edition, so coverage here starts with this snapshot.

Does SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust pay a dividend?

SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust has paid 1.85 CAD per share over the last twelve months, paid monthly, a trailing yield of 6.99% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.15 CAD on 2026-08-31. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 268 m CAD in dividends, 71% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 0.7% 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 SRU-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 - Retail, 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.