FSV vs. HPP, CBRE, TRNO, CIGI, IIPR, CWK, UE, FOR, LPA, and GTY
Should you be buying FirstService stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FirstService include Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), CBRE Group (CBRE), Terreno Realty (TRNO), Colliers International Group (CIGI), Innovative Industrial Properties (IIPR), Cushman & Wakefield (CWK), Urban Edge Properties (UE), Forestar Group (FOR), Latam Logistic Properties (LPA), and Getty Realty (GTY). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
Hudson Pacific Properties (NYSE:HPP) and FirstService (NASDAQ:FSV) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.
FirstService has a net margin of 2.02% compared to FirstService's net margin of -23.48%. Hudson Pacific Properties' return on equity of 16.42% beat FirstService's return on equity.
97.6% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.4% of FirstService shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
FirstService has higher revenue and earnings than Hudson Pacific Properties. Hudson Pacific Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FirstService, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hudson Pacific Properties has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FirstService has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hudson Pacific Properties received 84 more outperform votes than FirstService when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.02% of users gave Hudson Pacific Properties an outperform vote while only 60.34% of users gave FirstService an outperform vote.
Hudson Pacific Properties presently has a consensus target price of $8.49, indicating a potential upside of 75.59%. FirstService has a consensus target price of $186.60, indicating a potential upside of 23.58%. Given FirstService's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Hudson Pacific Properties is more favorable than FirstService.
Hudson Pacific Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. FirstService pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Hudson Pacific Properties pays out -12.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FirstService pays out 49.5% 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. Hudson Pacific Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, FirstService had 9 more articles in the media than Hudson Pacific Properties. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for FirstService and 4 mentions for Hudson Pacific Properties. FirstService's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Hudson Pacific Properties' score of 0.58 indicating that Hudson Pacific Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Hudson Pacific Properties and FirstService tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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