Colliers International Group (CIGI) Competitors

Colliers International Group (NASDAQ:CIGI) and FirstService (NASDAQ:FSV) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, risk and media sentiment.

Is CIGI or FSV more profitable?

FirstService has a net margin of 2.61% compared to Colliers International Group's net margin of 2.17%. Colliers International Group's return on equity of 20.82% beat FirstService's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Colliers International Group	2.17%	20.82%	4.44%
FirstService	2.61%	18.24%	5.17%

Do analysts recommend CIGI or FSV?

Colliers International Group presently has a consensus target price of $173.80, suggesting a potential upside of 11.85%. FirstService has a consensus target price of $217.75, suggesting a potential upside of 15.38%. Given FirstService's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe FirstService is more favorable than Colliers International Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Colliers International Group	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
FirstService	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is CIGI or FSV a better dividend stock?

Colliers International Group pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. FirstService pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Colliers International Group pays out 13.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FirstService pays out 35.3% 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 raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years. FirstService is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, CIGI or FSV?

Colliers International Group has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FirstService has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CIGI or FSV?

In the previous week, FirstService had 3 more articles in the media than Colliers International Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for FirstService and 2 mentions for Colliers International Group. Colliers International Group's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat FirstService's score of 1.11 indicating that Colliers International Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Colliers International Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
FirstService	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation & earnings, CIGI or FSV?

Colliers International Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than FirstService. FirstService is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Colliers International Group, 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
Colliers International Group	$4.82B	1.60	$161.73M	$2.20	70.63
FirstService	$5.22B	1.65	$134.38M	$3.12	60.49

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CIGI or FSV?

80.1% of Colliers International Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.4% of FirstService shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.3% of Colliers International Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Colliers International Group beats FirstService on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.