FSV vs. CIGI, TRNO, IIPR, CWK, UE, FOR, KW, HPP, OPI, and CBRE
Should you be buying FirstService stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FirstService include Colliers International Group (CIGI), Terreno Realty (TRNO), Innovative Industrial Properties (IIPR), Cushman & Wakefield (CWK), Urban Edge Properties (UE), Forestar Group (FOR), Kennedy-Wilson (KW), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), Office Properties Income Trust (OPI), and CBRE Group (CBRE). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
Colliers International Group (NASDAQ:CIGI) and FirstService (NASDAQ:FSV) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends and media sentiment.
Colliers International Group received 181 more outperform votes than FirstService when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.68% of users gave Colliers International Group an outperform vote while only 60.26% of users gave FirstService an outperform vote.
Colliers International Group pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. FirstService pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Colliers International Group pays out 14.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FirstService pays out 49.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. FirstService has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years. FirstService is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
FirstService has higher revenue and earnings than Colliers International Group. Colliers International Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FirstService, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Colliers International Group has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FirstService has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Colliers International Group presently has a consensus price target of $137.57, suggesting a potential upside of 21.14%. FirstService has a consensus price target of $186.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.62%. Given Colliers International Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe FirstService is more favorable than Colliers International Group.
Colliers International Group has a net margin of 2.25% compared to Colliers International Group's net margin of 2.02%. FirstService's return on equity of 26.28% beat Colliers International Group's return on equity.
80.1% of Colliers International Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.3% of FirstService shares are held by institutional investors. 15.3% of Colliers International Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, FirstService had 1 more articles in the media than Colliers International Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for FirstService and 7 mentions for Colliers International Group. FirstService's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Colliers International Group's score of 0.96 indicating that Colliers International Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Colliers International Group beats FirstService on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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