Urban Edge Properties (UE) Competitors

Urban Edge Properties (NYSE:UE) and FirstService (NASDAQ:FSV) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, profitability and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer UE or FSV?

FirstService received 122 more outperform votes than Urban Edge Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.22% of users gave FirstService an outperform vote while only 44.96% of users gave Urban Edge Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Urban Edge Properties	Outperform Votes 205 44.96%	Underperform Votes 251 55.04%
FirstService	Outperform Votes 327 60.22%	Underperform Votes 216 39.78%

Which has more volatility & risk, UE or FSV?

Urban Edge Properties has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FirstService has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in UE or FSV?

94.9% of Urban Edge Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.4% of FirstService shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Urban Edge Properties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is UE or FSV a better dividend stock?

Urban Edge Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. FirstService pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Urban Edge Properties pays out 115.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. FirstService pays out 33.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is UE or FSV more profitable?

Urban Edge Properties has a net margin of 16.31% compared to FirstService's net margin of 2.58%. FirstService's return on equity of 17.15% beat Urban Edge Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Urban Edge Properties	16.31%	5.59%	2.24%
FirstService	2.58%	17.15%	4.79%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, UE or FSV?

FirstService has higher revenue and earnings than Urban Edge Properties. Urban Edge Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FirstService, 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
Urban Edge Properties	$444.97M	5.65	$72.56M	$0.59	33.96
FirstService	$5.22B	1.52	$134.38M	$2.97	58.79

Do analysts prefer UE or FSV?

Urban Edge Properties currently has a consensus price target of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.81%. FirstService has a consensus price target of $201.67, suggesting a potential upside of 15.49%. Given FirstService's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe FirstService is more favorable than Urban Edge Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Urban Edge Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
FirstService	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the media favor UE or FSV?

In the previous week, FirstService had 4 more articles in the media than Urban Edge Properties. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for FirstService and 2 mentions for Urban Edge Properties. FirstService's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Urban Edge Properties' score of 0.19 indicating that FirstService is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Urban Edge Properties	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
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

Summary

FirstService beats Urban Edge Properties on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.