CIGI vs. FSV, IIPR, CWK, UE, FOR, GTY, KW, EFC, CMTG, and AHH
Should you be buying Colliers International Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Colliers International Group include FirstService (FSV), Innovative Industrial Properties (IIPR), Cushman & Wakefield (CWK), Urban Edge Properties (UE), Forestar Group (FOR), Getty Realty (GTY), Kennedy-Wilson (KW), Ellington Financial (EFC), Claros Mortgage Trust (CMTG), and Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
FirstService (NASDAQ:FSV) and Colliers International Group (NASDAQ:CIGI) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Colliers International Group received 181 more outperform votes than FirstService when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.68% of users gave Colliers International Group an outperform vote while only 60.26% of users gave FirstService an outperform vote.
In the previous week, FirstService had 6 more articles in the media than Colliers International Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for FirstService and 5 mentions for Colliers International Group. FirstService's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Colliers International Group's score of 1.19 indicating that Colliers International Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
FirstService has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Colliers International Group has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
69.4% of FirstService shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.1% of Colliers International Group shares are held by institutional investors. 15.3% of Colliers International Group shares are held by company 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 pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Colliers International Group pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. FirstService pays out 49.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Colliers International Group pays out 14.6% 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. FirstService has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years. FirstService is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
FirstService currently has a consensus price target of $186.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.87%. Colliers International Group has a consensus price target of $137.57, indicating a potential upside of 21.32%. Given Colliers International Group's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe FirstService is more favorable than Colliers International Group.
Colliers International Group has a net margin of 2.25% compared to Colliers International Group's net margin of 2.02%. FirstService's return on equity of 26.28% beat Colliers International Group's return on equity.
FirstService has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Colliers International Group. Colliers International Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FirstService, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Colliers International Group beats FirstService on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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