FirstService (FSV) Competitors

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

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

FirstService has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
FirstService	C$4.65B	2.55	C$80.28M	C$2.43	108.52
Brookfield Property Partners	C$6.71B	0.00	-C$1.93B	-C$2.07	N/A

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

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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is FSV or BPY.UN a better dividend stock?

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

FirstService presently has a consensus price target of C$194.00, suggesting a potential downside of 26.43%. Given Brookfield Property Partners' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Brookfield Property Partners is more favorable than FirstService.

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

Does the media favor FSV or BPY.UN?

In the previous week, FirstService had 6 more articles in the media than Brookfield Property Partners. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for FirstService and 0 mentions for Brookfield Property Partners. FirstService's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Brookfield Property Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that FirstService is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
FirstService	Positive
Brookfield Property Partners	Neutral

Is FSV or BPY.UN 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
FirstService	1.73%	9.46%	4.67%
Brookfield Property Partners	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FSV or BPY.UN?

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

Summary

FirstService beats Brookfield Property Partners on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.