FirstService (FSV) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to FSV or BPY.UN?

In the previous week, FirstService had 8 more articles in the media than Brookfield Property Partners. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for FirstService and 0 mentions for Brookfield Property Partners. FirstService's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Brookfield Property Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that FirstService is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
FirstService	Neutral
Brookfield Property Partners	Neutral

Do analysts recommend FSV or BPY.UN?

FirstService currently has a consensus price target of C$194.00, indicating a potential downside of 21.77%. Given Brookfield Property Partners' higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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

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

77.9% of FirstService shares are held by institutional investors. 10.3% of FirstService shares are held by 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.

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 39.5% 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.

Which has higher valuation & 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$3.47B	2.27	C$76.13M	C$3.42	72.56
Brookfield Property Partners	C$6.71B	0.00	-C$1.93B	-C$2.07	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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%

Is FSV or BPY.UN more profitable?

FirstService has a net margin of 2.19% compared to Brookfield Property Partners' net margin of 0.00%. FirstService's return on equity of 10.05% beat Brookfield Property Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FirstService	2.19%	10.05%	4.67%
Brookfield Property Partners	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

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