FirstService (FSV) Competitors

Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta (NYSE:VTMX) and FirstService (NASDAQ:FSV) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, risk, media sentiment, earnings and community ranking.

Which has more risk and volatility, VTMX or FSV?

Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FirstService has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer VTMX or FSV?

In the previous week, FirstService had 10 more articles in the media than Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for FirstService and 1 mentions for Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta. Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat FirstService's score of 1.44 indicating that Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta	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	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor VTMX or FSV?

FirstService received 321 more outperform votes than Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.64% of users gave Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta an outperform vote while only 59.74% of users gave FirstService an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta	Outperform Votes 7 63.64%	Underperform Votes 4 36.36%
FirstService	Outperform Votes 328 59.74%	Underperform Votes 221 40.26%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in VTMX or FSV?

6.6% of Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.3% of FirstService shares are owned by institutional investors. 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.

Is VTMX or FSV a better dividend stock?

Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. FirstService pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta pays out 15.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FirstService pays out 38.1% 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.

Do analysts prefer VTMX or FSV?

Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta presently has a consensus target price of $27.50, indicating a potential downside of 7.33%. FirstService has a consensus target price of $206.33, indicating a potential upside of 19.24%. Given FirstService's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe FirstService is more favorable than Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
FirstService	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is VTMX or FSV more profitable?

Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta has a net margin of 88.52% compared to FirstService's net margin of 2.58%. FirstService's return on equity of 17.15% beat Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta	88.52%	8.52%	5.67%
FirstService	2.58%	17.15%	4.79%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, VTMX or FSV?

Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta has higher earnings, but lower revenue than FirstService. Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta 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
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta	$258.80M	99.06	$316.64M	$1.10	26.98
FirstService	$5.31B	1.48	$134.38M	$2.89	59.88

Summary

FirstService beats Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.