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FirstService (FSV) Competitors

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$192.48 +0.49 (+0.26%)
(As of 11/22/2024 ET)

FSV vs. KW, FOR, HPP, BEKE, VTMX, INVH, CIGI, GRP.U, CWK, and HTGC

Should you be buying FirstService stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FirstService include Kennedy-Wilson (KW), Forestar Group (FOR), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), KE (BEKE), Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta (VTMX), Invitation Homes (INVH), Colliers International Group (CIGI), Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple (GRP.U), Cushman & Wakefield (CWK), and Hercules Capital (HTGC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

FirstService vs.

FirstService (NASDAQ:FSV) and Kennedy-Wilson (NYSE:KW) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and institutional ownership.

FirstService has higher revenue and earnings than Kennedy-Wilson. Kennedy-Wilson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FirstService, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
FirstService$4.93B1.76$100.39M$2.4080.20
Kennedy-Wilson$562.60M2.69-$303.80M-$2.58-4.28

In the previous week, FirstService had 3 more articles in the media than Kennedy-Wilson. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for FirstService and 3 mentions for Kennedy-Wilson. Kennedy-Wilson's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat FirstService's score of 1.54 indicating that Kennedy-Wilson is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
FirstService
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Kennedy-Wilson
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

FirstService has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kennedy-Wilson has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Kennedy-Wilson received 69 more outperform votes than FirstService when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.61% of users gave Kennedy-Wilson an outperform vote while only 60.07% of users gave FirstService an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
FirstServiceOutperform Votes
325
60.07%
Underperform Votes
216
39.93%
Kennedy-WilsonOutperform Votes
394
70.61%
Underperform Votes
164
29.39%

FirstService currently has a consensus price target of $198.33, suggesting a potential upside of 3.04%. Kennedy-Wilson has a consensus price target of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.86%. Given Kennedy-Wilson's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kennedy-Wilson 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
Kennedy-Wilson
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

69.3% of FirstService shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.7% of Kennedy-Wilson shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.7% of Kennedy-Wilson shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

FirstService has a net margin of 2.19% compared to Kennedy-Wilson's net margin of -58.56%. FirstService's return on equity of 16.68% beat Kennedy-Wilson's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
FirstService2.19% 16.68% 4.65%
Kennedy-Wilson -58.56%-14.09%-1.76%

FirstService pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Kennedy-Wilson pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. FirstService pays out 41.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kennedy-Wilson pays out -18.6% 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. Kennedy-Wilson is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

FirstService and Kennedy-Wilson tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FSV vs. The Competition

MetricFirstServiceReal estate IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$8.69B$3.52B$10.78B$8.83B
Dividend Yield0.54%5.88%10.15%4.09%
P/E Ratio80.2010.0247.4717.51
Price / Sales1.7612.36372.85159.41
Price / Cash30.3517.3130.7536.27
Price / Book7.561.964.166.49
Net Income$100.39M-$154.25M$1.02B$225.45M
7 Day Performance3.39%0.45%1.27%3.61%
1 Month Performance5.00%-5.12%3.91%3.45%
1 Year Performance23.63%-5.42%25.82%29.16%

FirstService Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FSV
FirstService
2.8523 of 5 stars
$192.48
+0.3%
$198.33
+3.0%
+23.6%$8.69B$4.93B80.2029,000Positive News
KW
Kennedy-Wilson
4.6302 of 5 stars
$11.03
+0.5%
$13.00
+17.9%
-3.5%$1.52B$562.60M-4.28230Positive News
FOR
Forestar Group
4.8313 of 5 stars
$29.06
+1.0%
$38.67
+33.1%
-10.4%$1.47B$1.51B7.26376Positive News
HPP
Hudson Pacific Properties
4.2628 of 5 stars
$3.32
+8.9%
$6.17
+85.8%
-36.9%$468.88M$952.30M-1.57880
BEKE
KE
4.2012 of 5 stars
$19.40
-2.9%
$25.90
+33.5%
+23.6%$23.44B$77.76B39.59116,344News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
VTMX
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta
2.763 of 5 stars
$24.30
-0.6%
$35.00
+44.0%
-34.9%$20.99B$214.47M5.4996News Coverage
INVH
Invitation Homes
4.5936 of 5 stars
$33.88
+0.2%
$38.80
+14.5%
+1.5%$20.76B$2.58B47.621,555
CIGI
Colliers International Group
4.5583 of 5 stars
$145.73
+1.2%
$160.42
+10.1%
+35.4%$7.16B$4.34B45.8319,230Positive News
GRP.U
Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple
N/A$52.83
-0.1%
N/A+4.8%$3.31B$386.07M14.7754Dividend Cut
CWK
Cushman & Wakefield
3.5066 of 5 stars
$14.44
+2.1%
$13.75
-4.8%
+70.9%$3.31B$9.49B38.8152,000Positive News
HTGC
Hercules Capital
1.5205 of 5 stars
$18.76
+1.2%
$20.40
+8.7%
+20.7%$3.05B$410.85M9.17100Analyst Revision
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:FSV) was last updated on 11/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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