Colliers International Group (CIGI) Competitors

Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta (NYSE:VTMX) and Colliers International Group (NASDAQ:CIGI) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation and risk.

Which has more risk and volatility, VTMX or CIGI?

Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Colliers International Group has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VTMX or CIGI?

Colliers International Group received 514 more outperform votes than Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.43% of users gave Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta an outperform vote while only 69.95% of users gave Colliers International Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta	Outperform Votes 5 71.43%	Underperform Votes 2 28.57%
Colliers International Group	Outperform Votes 519 69.95%	Underperform Votes 223 30.05%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, VTMX or CIGI?

Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Colliers International Group. Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Colliers International Group, 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
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta	$214.47M	99.14	$316.64M	$4.42	5.57
Colliers International Group	$4.34B	1.64	$65.54M	$3.14	44.76

Do analysts rate VTMX or CIGI?

Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta presently has a consensus price target of $33.50, indicating a potential upside of 36.11%. Colliers International Group has a consensus price target of $164.31, indicating a potential upside of 16.90%. Given Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta is more favorable than Colliers International Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Colliers International Group	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

Is VTMX or CIGI more profitable?

Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta has a net margin of 164.44% compared to Colliers International Group's net margin of 3.38%. Colliers International Group's return on equity of 21.78% beat Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta	164.44%	15.40%	10.25%
Colliers International Group	3.38%	21.78%	4.29%

Does the media refer more to VTMX or CIGI?

In the previous week, Colliers International Group had 14 more articles in the media than Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Colliers International Group and 1 mentions for Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta. Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Colliers International Group's score of 0.44 indicating that Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Colliers International Group	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals believe in VTMX or CIGI?

6.6% of Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta 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 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.

Is VTMX or CIGI a better dividend stock?

Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta pays an annual dividend of $0.16 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 0.2%. Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta pays out 3.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Colliers International Group pays out 9.6% 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. Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Colliers International Group beats Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.