Newmark Group (NMRK) Competitors

Newmark Group (NASDAQ:NMRK) and Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE:CWK) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in NMRK or CWK?

58.4% of Newmark Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of Cushman & Wakefield shares are held by institutional investors. 31.8% of Newmark Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Cushman & Wakefield shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend NMRK or CWK?

Newmark Group currently has a consensus price target of $12.13, suggesting a potential upside of 16.47%. Cushman & Wakefield has a consensus price target of $11.50, suggesting a potential upside of 3.51%. Given Newmark Group's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Newmark Group is more favorable than Cushman & Wakefield.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Newmark Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Cushman & Wakefield	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NMRK or CWK?

Newmark Group received 150 more outperform votes than Cushman & Wakefield when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.59% of users gave Cushman & Wakefield an outperform vote while only 57.76% of users gave Newmark Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Newmark Group	Outperform Votes 346 57.76%	Underperform Votes 253 42.24%
Cushman & Wakefield	Outperform Votes 196 67.59%	Underperform Votes 94 32.41%

Which has more volatility & risk, NMRK or CWK?

Newmark Group has a beta of 1.99, meaning that its stock price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cushman & Wakefield has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NMRK or CWK more profitable?

Newmark Group has a net margin of 1.47% compared to Cushman & Wakefield's net margin of 0.13%. Newmark Group's return on equity of 17.03% beat Cushman & Wakefield's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Newmark Group	1.47%	17.03%	5.71%
Cushman & Wakefield	0.13%	12.41%	2.64%

Does the media prefer NMRK or CWK?

In the previous week, Newmark Group had 2 more articles in the media than Cushman & Wakefield. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Newmark Group and 2 mentions for Cushman & Wakefield. Newmark Group's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Cushman & Wakefield's score of 1.02 indicating that Newmark Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Newmark Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cushman & Wakefield	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation & earnings, NMRK or CWK?

Newmark Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cushman & Wakefield. Newmark Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cushman & Wakefield, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Newmark Group	$2.47B	0.73	$42.58M	$0.22	47.32
Cushman & Wakefield	$9.49B	0.27	-$35.40M	$0.04	277.75

Summary

Newmark Group beats Cushman & Wakefield on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.