FirstService (FSV) Competitors

FirstService (NASDAQ:FSV) and KE (NYSE:BEKE) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Is FSV or BEKE a better dividend stock?

FirstService pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. KE pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. FirstService pays out 37.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. KE pays out 64.6% 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.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in FSV or BEKE?

69.3% of FirstService shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.3% of KE shares are held by institutional investors. 6.8% of KE shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, FSV or BEKE?

KE has higher revenue and earnings than FirstService. KE 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
FirstService	$5.22B	1.50	$134.38M	$2.97	57.90
KE	$93.46B	0.25	$828.64M	$0.48	40.40

Does the media favor FSV or BEKE?

In the previous week, FirstService had 3 more articles in the media than KE. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for FirstService and 14 mentions for KE. KE's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat FirstService's score of 1.40 indicating that KE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FirstService	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
KE	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, FSV or BEKE?

FirstService has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KE has a beta of -0.73, meaning that its share price is 173% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer FSV or BEKE?

FirstService presently has a consensus price target of $201.67, suggesting a potential upside of 17.28%. KE has a consensus price target of $27.26, suggesting a potential upside of 40.59%. Given KE's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe KE is more favorable than FirstService.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FirstService	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
KE	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FSV or BEKE?

FirstService received 290 more outperform votes than KE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.07% of users gave FirstService an outperform vote while only 50.67% of users gave KE an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FirstService	Outperform Votes 328 60.07%	Underperform Votes 218 39.93%
KE	Outperform Votes 38 50.67%	Underperform Votes 37 49.33%

Is FSV or BEKE more profitable?

KE has a net margin of 5.03% compared to FirstService's net margin of 2.58%. FirstService's return on equity of 17.15% beat KE's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FirstService	2.58%	17.15%	4.79%
KE	5.03%	6.55%	3.82%

Summary

FirstService beats KE on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.