Altus Group (AIF) Competitors

Altus Group (TSE:AIF) and FirstService (TSE:FSV) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking and profitability.

Do analysts prefer AIF or FSV?

Altus Group currently has a consensus price target of C$57.44, suggesting a potential upside of 20.83%. FirstService has a consensus price target of C$197.00, suggesting a potential downside of 14.82%. Given Altus Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Altus Group is more favorable than FirstService.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Altus Group	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
FirstService	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is AIF or FSV more profitable?

FirstService has a net margin of 2.19% compared to Altus Group's net margin of 0.36%. FirstService's return on equity of 10.05% beat Altus Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Altus Group	0.36%	0.43%	3.39%
FirstService	2.19%	10.05%	4.67%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AIF or FSV?

Altus Group received 12 more outperform votes than FirstService when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.78% of users gave FirstService an outperform vote while only 62.69% of users gave Altus Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Altus Group	Outperform Votes 373 62.69%	Underperform Votes 222 37.31%
FirstService	Outperform Votes 361 72.78%	Underperform Votes 135 27.22%

Which has better valuation & earnings, AIF or FSV?

FirstService has higher revenue and earnings than Altus Group. FirstService is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Altus Group, 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
Altus Group	C$735.93M	3.01	C$2.68M	C$0.06	831.86
FirstService	C$3.47B	2.11	C$76.13M	C$3.42	67.67

Is AIF or FSV a better dividend stock?

Altus Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. FirstService pays an annual dividend of C$1.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Altus Group pays out 1,049.9% 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 39.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more risk and volatility, AIF or FSV?

Altus Group has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FirstService has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor AIF or FSV?

In the previous week, Altus Group had 1 more articles in the media than FirstService. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Altus Group and 0 mentions for FirstService. FirstService's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Altus Group's score of -1.05 indicating that FirstService is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Altus Group	Negative
FirstService	Neutral

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

58.7% of Altus Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.9% of FirstService shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Altus Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.3% of FirstService shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

FirstService beats Altus Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.