FirstService (FSV) Competitors

Colliers International Group (NASDAQ:CIGI) and FirstService (NASDAQ:FSV) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk and dividends.

Do analysts recommend CIGI or FSV?

Colliers International Group presently has a consensus price target of $160.80, suggesting a potential upside of 18.05%. FirstService has a consensus price target of $208.40, suggesting a potential upside of 17.77%. Given Colliers International Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Colliers International Group is more favorable than FirstService.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Colliers International Group	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92
FirstService	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Which has better valuation and earnings, CIGI or FSV?

Colliers International Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Colliers International Group	$4.82B	1.39	$161.73M	$2.85	47.79
FirstService	$5.22B	1.54	$134.38M	$2.89	61.23

Is CIGI or FSV more profitable?

Colliers International Group has a net margin of 2.92% compared to FirstService's net margin of 2.46%. Colliers International Group's return on equity of 20.20% beat FirstService's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Colliers International Group	2.92%	20.20%	4.29%
FirstService	2.46%	17.49%	4.87%

Which has more risk & volatility, CIGI or FSV?

Colliers International Group has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FirstService has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CIGI or FSV a better dividend stock?

Colliers International Group pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. FirstService pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Colliers International Group pays out 10.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FirstService pays out 38.1% 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. FirstService has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years. FirstService is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media prefer CIGI or FSV?

In the previous week, Colliers International Group had 2 more articles in the media than FirstService. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Colliers International Group and 6 mentions for FirstService. FirstService's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Colliers International Group's score of 0.73 indicating that FirstService is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Colliers International Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
FirstService	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders believe in CIGI or FSV?

80.1% of Colliers International Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.4% of FirstService 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, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Colliers International Group beats FirstService on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.