AIF vs. CIGI, TCN, FCR.UN, GZT, SVI, MEQ, REAX, REAL, PKT, and BRE
Should you be buying Altus Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Altus Group include Colliers International Group (CIGI), Tricon Residential (TCN), First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust (FCR.UN), Gazit Globe (GZT), StorageVault Canada (SVI), Mainstreet Equity (MEQ), Real Brokerage (REAX), Real Matters (REAL), Parkit Enterprise (PKT), and Bridgemarq Real Estate Services (BRE). These companies are all part of the "real estate services" industry.
Altus Group (TSE:AIF) and Colliers International Group (TSE:CIGI) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
Altus Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Colliers International Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Altus Group pays out 222.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Colliers International Group pays out 14.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
59.2% of Altus Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.5% of Colliers International Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of Altus Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of Colliers International Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Colliers International Group has higher revenue and earnings than Altus Group. Colliers International Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Altus Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Altus Group received 199 more outperform votes than Colliers International Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.65% of users gave Colliers International Group an outperform vote while only 64.53% of users gave Altus Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Altus Group had 3 more articles in the media than Colliers International Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Altus Group and 0 mentions for Colliers International Group. Colliers International Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Altus Group's score of -0.55 indicating that Colliers International Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Altus Group has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Colliers International Group has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Colliers International Group has a net margin of 2.25% compared to Altus Group's net margin of 1.60%. Colliers International Group's return on equity of 8.43% beat Altus Group's return on equity.
Altus Group presently has a consensus target price of C$53.56, suggesting a potential upside of 14.00%. Colliers International Group has a consensus target price of C$150.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.85%. Given Altus Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Altus Group is more favorable than Colliers International Group.
Summary
Colliers International Group beats Altus Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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