AIF vs. FSV, CIGI, TCN, GZT, MEQ, SVI, REAX, MPC, REAL, and BRE
Should you be buying Altus Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Altus Group include FirstService (FSV), Colliers International Group (CIGI), Tricon Residential (TCN), Gazit Globe (GZT), Mainstreet Equity (MEQ), StorageVault Canada (SVI), Real Brokerage (REAX), Madison Pacific Properties (MPC), Real Matters (REAL), and Bridgemarq Real Estate Services (BRE). These companies are all part of the "real estate services" industry.
Altus Group vs. Its 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 businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation and risk.
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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
In the previous week, Altus Group had 18 more articles in the media than FirstService. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Altus Group and 1 mentions for FirstService. FirstService's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Altus Group's score of 0.45 indicating that FirstService is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Altus Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. FirstService pays an annual dividend of C$1.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. 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.
Altus Group has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FirstService has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Altus Group presently has a consensus target price of C$56.40, indicating a potential downside of 6.75%. FirstService has a consensus target price of C$197.00, indicating a potential downside of 27.79%. Given Altus Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Altus Group is more favorable than FirstService.
Summary
FirstService beats Altus Group on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:AIF) was last updated on 8/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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