FSV vs. BEKE, VTMX, INVH, CIGI, HTGC, CWK, GRP.U, CURB, UE, and NMRK
Should you be buying FirstService stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FirstService include KE (BEKE), Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta (VTMX), Invitation Homes (INVH), Colliers International Group (CIGI), Hercules Capital (HTGC), Cushman & Wakefield (CWK), Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple (GRP.U), Curbline Properties (CURB), Urban Edge Properties (UE), and Newmark Group (NMRK). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
FirstService vs.
FirstService (NASDAQ:FSV) and KE (NYSE:BEKE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings and community ranking.
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.
FirstService pays an annual dividend of $1.00 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 1.5%. FirstService pays out 33.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. KE pays out 63.3% 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.
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.
FirstService received 291 more outperform votes than KE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.22% of users gave FirstService an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave KE an outperform vote.
FirstService has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KE has a beta of -0.76, indicating that its share price is 176% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, KE had 5 more articles in the media than FirstService. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for KE and 5 mentions for FirstService. FirstService's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat KE's score of 1.45 indicating that FirstService is being referred to more favorably in the media.
69.4% of FirstService shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.3% of KE shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.8% of KE shares are owned 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.
FirstService presently has a consensus target price of $201.67, suggesting a potential upside of 15.49%. KE has a consensus target price of $26.65, suggesting a potential upside of 27.55%. Given KE's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe KE is more favorable than FirstService.
Summary
FirstService beats KE on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FSV) was last updated on 2/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
