FSV vs. CIGI, TRNO, IIPR, CWK, UE, FOR, BRX, RLI, ZION, and BPOP
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), Brixmor Property Group (BRX), RLI (RLI), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), and Popular (BPOP). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
FirstService (NASDAQ:FSV) and Colliers International Group (NASDAQ:CIGI) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Colliers International Group had 6 more articles in the media than FirstService. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Colliers International Group and 2 mentions for FirstService. FirstService's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Colliers International Group's score of 1.19 indicating that FirstService is being referred to more favorably in the media.
FirstService pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Colliers International Group pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. FirstService pays out 49.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Colliers International Group pays out 14.6% 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.
69.3% of FirstService shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.1% of Colliers International Group shares are held by institutional investors. 15.3% of Colliers International Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
FirstService has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Colliers International Group has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 has a net margin of 2.25% compared to FirstService's net margin of 2.02%. Colliers International Group's return on equity of 26.28% beat FirstService's return on equity.
FirstService presently has a consensus target price of $186.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.15%. Colliers International Group has a consensus target price of $137.57, suggesting a potential upside of 18.71%. Given FirstService's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe FirstService is more favorable than Colliers International Group.
Summary
Colliers International Group beats FirstService on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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