FirstService (FSV) Competitors

Brookfield Property Partners (TSE:BPY.UN) and FirstService (TSE:FSV) are both large-cap real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and community ranking.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BPY.UN or FSV?

77.9% of FirstService shares are owned by institutional investors. 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 is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor BPY.UN or FSV?

In the previous week, Brookfield Property Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat FirstService's score of -0.23 indicating that Brookfield Property Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Property Partners	Neutral
FirstService	Neutral

Which has better earnings and valuation, BPY.UN or FSV?

FirstService has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Brookfield Property Partners. Brookfield Property Partners 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
Brookfield Property Partners	C$6.71B	0.00	-C$1.93B	-C$2.07	N/A
FirstService	C$4.65B	2.56	C$80.28M	C$2.43	108.85

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BPY.UN or FSV?

FirstService received 236 more outperform votes than Brookfield Property Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.93% of users gave FirstService an outperform vote while only 72.67% of users gave Brookfield Property Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brookfield Property Partners	Outperform Votes 125 72.67%	Underperform Votes 47 27.33%
FirstService	Outperform Votes 361 72.93%	Underperform Votes 134 27.07%

Is BPY.UN or FSV more profitable?

FirstService has a net margin of 1.73% compared to Brookfield Property Partners' net margin of 0.00%. FirstService's return on equity of 9.46% beat Brookfield Property Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield Property Partners	N/A	N/A	N/A
FirstService	1.73%	9.46%	4.67%

Is BPY.UN or FSV a better dividend stock?

Brookfield Property Partners pays an annual dividend of C$1.33 per share. FirstService pays an annual dividend of C$1.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Brookfield Property Partners pays out -64.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FirstService pays out 55.6% 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.

Do analysts rate BPY.UN or FSV?

FirstService has a consensus price target of C$194.00, suggesting a potential downside of 26.65%. Given Brookfield Property Partners' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Brookfield Property Partners is more favorable than FirstService.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brookfield Property Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
FirstService	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Summary

FirstService beats Brookfield Property Partners on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.