Cushman & Wakefield (CWK) Competitors

Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE:CWK) and FirstService (NASDAQ:FSV) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and risk.

Which has more risk & volatility, CWK or FSV?

Cushman & Wakefield has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its share price is 34% 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.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CWK or FSV?

95.6% of Cushman & Wakefield shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.3% of FirstService shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Cushman & Wakefield shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer CWK or FSV?

Cushman & Wakefield presently has a consensus target price of $11.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.09%. FirstService has a consensus target price of $186.60, indicating a potential upside of 24.42%. Given FirstService's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe FirstService is more favorable than Cushman & Wakefield.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cushman & Wakefield	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
FirstService	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CWK or FSV?

FirstService received 125 more outperform votes than Cushman & Wakefield when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.59% of users gave Cushman & Wakefield an outperform vote while only 60.34% of users gave FirstService an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cushman & Wakefield	Outperform Votes 196 67.59%	Underperform Votes 94 32.41%
FirstService	Outperform Votes 321 60.34%	Underperform Votes 211 39.66%

Does the media prefer CWK or FSV?

In the previous week, FirstService had 7 more articles in the media than Cushman & Wakefield. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for FirstService and 1 mentions for Cushman & Wakefield. Cushman & Wakefield's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat FirstService's score of 1.28 indicating that Cushman & Wakefield is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cushman & Wakefield	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
FirstService	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CWK or FSV more profitable?

FirstService has a net margin of 2.02% compared to Cushman & Wakefield's net margin of 0.13%. FirstService's return on equity of 16.42% beat Cushman & Wakefield's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cushman & Wakefield	0.13%	12.41%	2.64%
FirstService	2.02%	16.42%	5.01%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CWK or FSV?

FirstService has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cushman & Wakefield. FirstService is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cushman & Wakefield, 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
Cushman & Wakefield	$9.49B	0.25	-$35.40M	$0.04	256.50
FirstService	$4.47B	1.51	$100.39M	$2.02	74.25

Summary

FirstService beats Cushman & Wakefield on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.