FSV vs. CIGI, TCN, FCR.UN, CAR.UN, REI.UN, GRT.UN, CHP.UN, BEI.UN, DIR.UN, and SRU.UN
Should you be buying FirstService stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FirstService include Colliers International Group (CIGI), Tricon Residential (TCN), First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust (FCR.UN), Canadian Apartment Properties REIT (CAR.UN), RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust (REI.UN), Granite Real Estate Investment Trust (GRT.UN), Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst (CHP.UN), Boardwalk REIT (BEI.UN), Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst (DIR.UN), and SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst (SRU.UN). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
FirstService (TSE:FSV) and Colliers International Group (TSE:CIGI) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
FirstService pays an annual dividend of C$1.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Colliers International Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. FirstService pays out 49.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Colliers International Group pays out 13.6% 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.
Colliers International Group has a net margin of 2.25% compared to FirstService's net margin of 2.03%. FirstService's return on equity of 10.81% beat Colliers International Group's return on equity.
FirstService received 186 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 73.02% of users gave FirstService an outperform vote.
76.5% of FirstService shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.4% of Colliers International Group shares are held by institutional investors. 10.3% of FirstService shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of Colliers International Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Colliers International Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than FirstService. 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.
In the previous week, FirstService had 3 more articles in the media than Colliers International Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for FirstService and 1 mentions for Colliers International Group. FirstService's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Colliers International Group's score of 0.59 indicating that FirstService is being referred to more favorably in the media.
FirstService currently has a consensus price target of C$187.33, suggesting a potential downside of 7.31%. Colliers International Group has a consensus price target of C$150.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.88%. Given Colliers International Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Colliers International Group is more favorable than FirstService.
FirstService has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Colliers International Group has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
FirstService beats Colliers International Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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