Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple (GRP.U) Competitors $44.12 +0.74 (+1.70%) Closing price 04/15/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$44.18 +0.06 (+0.13%) As of 04/15/2025 04:45 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesTrendsBuy This Stock GRP.U vs. FSV, CIGI, MRP, HTGC, CURB, UE, CWK, NMRK, TSLX, and EXPIShould you be buying Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple include FirstService (FSV), Colliers International Group (CIGI), Millrose Properties (MRP), Hercules Capital (HTGC), Curbline Properties (CURB), Urban Edge Properties (UE), Cushman & Wakefield (CWK), Newmark Group (NMRK), Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX), and eXp World (EXPI). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple vs. FirstService Colliers International Group Millrose Properties Hercules Capital Curbline Properties Urban Edge Properties Cushman & Wakefield Newmark Group Sixth Street Specialty Lending eXp World FirstService (NASDAQ:FSV) and Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple (NYSE:GRP.U) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk. Is FSV or GRP.U a better dividend stock? FirstService pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple pays an annual dividend of $1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. FirstService pays out 37.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple pays out 28.1% 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. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Does the media refer more to FSV or GRP.U? In the previous week, FirstService had 14 more articles in the media than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for FirstService and 4 mentions for Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple. FirstService's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple's score of 0.77 indicating that FirstService is being referred to more favorably in the 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 Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do insiders and institutionals believe in FSV or GRP.U? 69.3% of FirstService shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.1% of Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Is FSV or GRP.U more profitable? Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple has a net margin of 55.97% compared to FirstService's net margin of 2.58%. FirstService's return on equity of 17.15% beat Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets FirstService2.58% 17.15% 4.79% Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple 55.97%5.71%3.34% Which has stronger earnings & valuation, FSV or GRP.U? FirstService has higher revenue and earnings than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple 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 RatioFirstService$5.22B1.49$134.38M$2.9757.46Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple$569.14M4.83$101.24M$4.1710.58 Do analysts rate FSV or GRP.U? FirstService currently has a consensus target price of $201.67, suggesting a potential upside of 18.18%. Given FirstService's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe FirstService is more favorable than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple.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) 2.67Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FSV or GRP.U? FirstService received 316 more outperform votes than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.07% of users gave FirstService an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformFirstServiceOutperform Votes32860.07% Underperform Votes21839.93% Granite Real Estate Inc. StapleOutperform Votes1250.00% Underperform Votes1250.00% SummaryFirstService beats Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for GRP.U and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart GRP.U vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricGranite Real Estate Inc. StapleReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$2.75B$6.68B$10.85B$18.53BDividend Yield2.75%7.47%6.00%4.22%P/E Ratio12.3257.1521.5731.15Price / Sales4.836.5025.4725.69Price / CashN/A17.3217.6117.53Price / Book0.711.602.574.29Net Income$101.24M$177.71M$1.03B$1.02B7 Day Performance3.94%-0.90%0.14%-0.79%1 Month Performance-6.51%-8.67%-3.46%-6.88%1 Year Performance-15.66%4.13%534.42%1.74% Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)GRP.UGranite Real Estate Inc. StapleN/A$44.12+1.7%N/A-17.0%$2.75B$569.14M12.3254Analyst RevisionNews CoverageGap UpFSVFirstService2.6097 of 5 stars$161.60+0.4%$201.67+24.8%+12.0%$7.34B$5.22B54.4129,000Upcoming EarningsShort Interest ↑News CoveragePositive NewsHigh Trading VolumeCIGIColliers International Group4.8447 of 5 stars$110.58-1.4%$164.30+48.6%+3.6%$5.45B$4.82B34.6616,800MRPMillrose PropertiesN/A$23.57-1.5%$25.00+6.1%N/A$3.63B$434.01M0.00N/AAnalyst ForecastNews CoverageGap DownHTGCHercules Capital2.0085 of 5 stars$16.60-3.5%$21.40+29.0%-2.4%$2.87B$353.75M10.31100High Trading VolumeCURBCurbline Properties1.5348 of 5 stars$22.37-3.5%$25.82+15.4%N/A$2.35B$120.88M0.00N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsGap DownUEUrban Edge Properties2.0613 of 5 stars$16.91-2.8%$22.00+30.1%+8.7%$2.13B$444.97M28.65120Positive NewsGap DownCWKCushman & Wakefield4.4732 of 5 stars$8.69-3.5%$14.10+62.3%-14.1%$2.00B$9.45B15.7952,000Short Interest ↓NMRKNewmark Group4.1067 of 5 stars$10.59-1.1%$16.38+54.6%+7.3%$1.91B$2.74B30.265,900Positive NewsTSLXSixth Street Specialty Lending3.7393 of 5 stars$19.58-3.7%$23.17+18.3%-2.6%$1.83B$252.97M9.65N/APositive NewsHigh Trading VolumeEXPIeXp World1.7329 of 5 stars$9.23-2.6%$13.50+46.3%-4.6%$1.40B$4.57B-65.922,114Positive News Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies FirstService Alternatives Colliers International Group Alternatives Millrose Properties Alternatives Hercules Capital Alternatives Curbline Properties Alternatives Urban Edge Properties Alternatives Cushman & Wakefield Alternatives Newmark Group Alternatives Sixth Street Specialty Lending Alternatives eXp World Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:GRP.U) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTwo Unmistakable Patterns Return…The signs suggest we're entering one of those rare periods now. 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