Newmark Group (NMRK) Competitors

FirstService (NASDAQ:FSV) and Newmark Group (NASDAQ:NMRK) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.

Is FSV or NMRK more profitable?

FirstService has a net margin of 2.58% compared to Newmark Group's net margin of 2.22%. Newmark Group's return on equity of 20.74% beat FirstService's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FirstService	2.58%	17.15%	4.79%
Newmark Group	2.22%	20.74%	6.66%

Which has better valuation & earnings, FSV or NMRK?

FirstService has higher revenue and earnings than Newmark Group. Newmark Group 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
FirstService	$5.31B	1.54	$134.38M	$2.89	62.19
Newmark Group	$2.86B	0.76	$61.23M	$0.39	30.05

Which has more risk and volatility, FSV or NMRK?

FirstService has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Newmark Group has a beta of 1.94, meaning that its share price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FSV or NMRK?

Newmark Group received 27 more outperform votes than FirstService when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.74% of users gave FirstService an outperform vote while only 58.01% of users gave Newmark Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FirstService	Outperform Votes 328 59.74%	Underperform Votes 221 40.26%
Newmark Group	Outperform Votes 355 58.01%	Underperform Votes 257 41.99%

Do analysts recommend FSV or NMRK?

FirstService currently has a consensus target price of $208.40, indicating a potential upside of 15.95%. Newmark Group has a consensus target price of $15.25, indicating a potential upside of 30.12%. Given Newmark Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Newmark Group is more favorable than FirstService.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FirstService	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Newmark Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor FSV or NMRK?

In the previous week, Newmark Group had 6 more articles in the media than FirstService. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Newmark Group and 3 mentions for FirstService. FirstService's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat Newmark Group's score of 0.57 indicating that FirstService is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FirstService	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Newmark Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is FSV or NMRK a better dividend stock?

FirstService pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Newmark Group pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. FirstService pays out 38.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Newmark Group pays out 30.8% 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 7 consecutive years. Newmark Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of FSV or NMRK?

69.3% of FirstService shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.4% of Newmark Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.4% of Newmark Group 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.

Summary

Newmark Group beats FirstService on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.