UE vs. FSV, CIGI, HTGC, GRP.U, CWK, NMRK, TSLX, EXPI, MMI, and EFC
Should you be buying Urban Edge Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Urban Edge Properties include FirstService (FSV), Colliers International Group (CIGI), Hercules Capital (HTGC), Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple (GRP.U), Cushman & Wakefield (CWK), 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.
Urban Edge Properties vs.
FirstService (NASDAQ:FSV) and Urban Edge Properties (NYSE:UE) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
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.
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 45.05% of users gave Urban Edge Properties an outperform vote.
FirstService pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Urban Edge Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. FirstService pays out 41.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Urban Edge Properties pays out 30.5% 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.
In the previous week, FirstService had 6 more articles in the media than Urban Edge Properties. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for FirstService and 5 mentions for Urban Edge Properties. FirstService's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Urban Edge Properties' score of 0.32 indicating that FirstService is being referred to more favorably in the media.
69.4% of FirstService shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Urban Edge Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Urban Edge Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Urban Edge Properties has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
FirstService has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Urban Edge Properties has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
FirstService presently has a consensus target price of $198.33, suggesting a potential upside of 8.76%. Urban Edge Properties has a consensus target price of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.99%. Given Urban Edge Properties' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Urban Edge Properties is more favorable than FirstService.
Summary
Urban Edge Properties beats FirstService on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:UE) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
