GRP.U vs. FSV, CIGI, HTGC, CWK, UE, NMRK, TSLX, EXPI, MMI, and EFC
Should 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), Hercules Capital (HTGC), Cushman & Wakefield (CWK), Urban Edge Properties (UE), Newmark Group (NMRK), Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX), eXp World (EXPI), Marcus & Millichap (MMI), and Ellington Financial (EFC). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple vs.
Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple (NYSE:GRP.U) and FirstService (NASDAQ:FSV) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.
FirstService received 313 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.
Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple pays an annual dividend of $1.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. FirstService pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple pays out 49.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FirstService pays out 41.7% 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.
In the previous week, FirstService had 2 more articles in the media than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for FirstService and 10 mentions for Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple. FirstService's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple's score of -0.61 indicating that FirstService is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
57.1% of Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.4% of FirstService shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple has higher earnings, but lower revenue than FirstService. 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.
FirstService has a consensus target price of $198.33, suggesting a potential upside of 8.76%. Given FirstService's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe FirstService is more favorable than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple.
Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple has a net margin of 55.97% compared to FirstService's net margin of 2.19%. FirstService's return on equity of 16.68% beat Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple's return on equity.
Summary
FirstService beats Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:GRP.U) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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