Urban Edge Properties (UE) Competitors

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

Is UE or FSV more profitable?

Urban Edge Properties has a net margin of 59.23% compared to FirstService's net margin of 2.19%. Urban Edge Properties' return on equity of 20.89% beat FirstService's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Urban Edge Properties	59.23%	20.89%	8.15%
FirstService	2.19%	16.68%	4.65%

Does the media favor UE or FSV?

In the previous week, FirstService had 7 more articles in the media than Urban Edge Properties. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for FirstService and 7 mentions for Urban Edge Properties. FirstService's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Urban Edge Properties' score of 1.17 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	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
FirstService	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer UE or FSV?

FirstService received 120 more outperform votes than Urban Edge Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.07% of users gave FirstService an outperform vote while only 45.15% of users gave Urban Edge Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Urban Edge Properties	Outperform Votes 205 45.15%	Underperform Votes 249 54.85%
FirstService	Outperform Votes 325 60.07%	Underperform Votes 216 39.93%

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 insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, UE or FSV?

Urban Edge Properties has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FirstService has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate UE or FSV?

Urban Edge Properties currently has a consensus target price of $20.00, indicating a potential downside of 12.85%. FirstService has a consensus target price of $198.33, indicating a potential upside of 6.54%. 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)	2 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

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 3.0%. FirstService pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Urban Edge Properties pays out 30.5% 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. Urban Edge Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has better valuation and earnings, UE or FSV?

Urban Edge Properties has higher earnings, but lower revenue than FirstService. 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	$416.92M	6.87	$248.50M	$2.23	10.29
FirstService	$4.33B	1.94	$100.39M	$2.40	77.57

Summary

Urban Edge Properties and FirstService tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.