FSV vs. TRNO, CIGI, IIPR, CWK, UE, FOR, KW, HPP, OPI, and CBRE
Should you be buying FirstService stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FirstService include Terreno Realty (TRNO), Colliers International Group (CIGI), Innovative Industrial Properties (IIPR), Cushman & Wakefield (CWK), Urban Edge Properties (UE), Forestar Group (FOR), Kennedy-Wilson (KW), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), Office Properties Income Trust (OPI), and CBRE Group (CBRE). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
FirstService (NASDAQ:FSV) and Terreno Realty (NYSE:TRNO) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and dividends.
Terreno Realty has a net margin of 46.76% compared to FirstService's net margin of 2.32%. FirstService's return on equity of 17.56% beat Terreno Realty's return on equity.
69.4% of FirstService shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Terreno Realty shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Terreno Realty had 3 more articles in the media than FirstService. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Terreno Realty and 3 mentions for FirstService. FirstService's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Terreno Realty's score of 0.39 indicating that FirstService is being referred to more favorably in the media.
FirstService pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Terreno Realty pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. FirstService pays out 44.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Terreno Realty pays out 99.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Terreno Realty received 52 more outperform votes than FirstService when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.59% of users gave Terreno Realty an outperform vote while only 60.26% of users gave FirstService an outperform vote.
FirstService currently has a consensus target price of $177.86, indicating a potential upside of 19.06%. Terreno Realty has a consensus target price of $67.11, indicating a potential upside of 22.15%. Given Terreno Realty's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Terreno Realty is more favorable than FirstService.
Terreno Realty has lower revenue, but higher earnings than FirstService. Terreno Realty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FirstService, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FirstService has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Terreno Realty has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
FirstService beats Terreno Realty on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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