Brookfield (BN) Competitors

Brookfield (NYSE:BN) and Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta (NYSE:VTMX) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Is BN or VTMX a better dividend stock?

Brookfield pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta pays an annual dividend of $0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Brookfield pays out 68.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta pays out 3.4% 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.

Does the media refer more to BN or VTMX?

In the previous week, Brookfield had 12 more articles in the media than Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Brookfield and 1 mentions for Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta. Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Brookfield's score of 1.20 indicating that Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Brookfield	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer BN or VTMX?

Brookfield presently has a consensus target price of $55.31, indicating a potential downside of 4.89%. Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta has a consensus target price of $33.50, indicating a potential upside of 39.76%. Given Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta is more favorable than Brookfield.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brookfield	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BN or VTMX?

Brookfield received 37 more outperform votes than Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.00% of users gave Brookfield an outperform vote while only 71.43% of users gave Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brookfield	Outperform Votes 42 75.00%	Underperform Votes 14 25.00%
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta	Outperform Votes 5 71.43%	Underperform Votes 2 28.57%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BN or VTMX?

61.6% of Brookfield shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.6% of Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.0% of Brookfield shares are owned 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.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, BN or VTMX?

Brookfield has higher revenue and earnings than Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta. Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield, 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
Brookfield	$95.92B	0.91	$1.13B	$0.47	123.75
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta	$214.47M	96.55	$316.64M	$4.42	5.42

Which has more risk & volatility, BN or VTMX?

Brookfield has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BN or VTMX more profitable?

Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta has a net margin of 164.44% compared to Brookfield's net margin of 1.00%. Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta's return on equity of 15.40% beat Brookfield's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield	1.00%	3.74%	1.24%
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta	164.44%	15.40%	10.25%

Summary

Brookfield beats Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.