Curbline Properties (CURB) Competitors

Curbline Properties (NYSE:CURB) and FirstService (NASDAQ:FSV) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.

Is CURB or FSV a better dividend stock?

Curbline Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. FirstService pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. FirstService pays out 38.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FirstService has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years.

Do analysts rate CURB or FSV?

Curbline Properties currently has a consensus price target of $25.68, suggesting a potential upside of 14.96%. FirstService has a consensus price target of $206.33, suggesting a potential upside of 19.24%. Given FirstService's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe FirstService is more favorable than Curbline Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Curbline Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38
FirstService	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is CURB or FSV more profitable?

FirstService has a net margin of 2.58% compared to Curbline Properties' net margin of 0.00%. FirstService's return on equity of 17.15% beat Curbline Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Curbline Properties	N/A	N/A	N/A
FirstService	2.58%	17.15%	4.79%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CURB or FSV?

FirstService has higher revenue and earnings than Curbline Properties.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Curbline Properties	$131.54M	17.87	$10.26M	N/A	N/A
FirstService	$5.31B	1.48	$134.38M	$2.89	59.88

Does the media prefer CURB or FSV?

In the previous week, FirstService had 6 more articles in the media than Curbline Properties. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for FirstService and 5 mentions for Curbline Properties. Curbline Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat FirstService's score of 1.44 indicating that Curbline Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Curbline Properties	5 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

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CURB or FSV?

69.3% of FirstService shares are held by institutional investors. 8.6% of Curbline Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CURB or FSV?

FirstService received 325 more outperform votes than Curbline Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.74% of users gave FirstService an outperform vote while only 27.27% of users gave Curbline Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Curbline Properties	Outperform Votes 3 27.27%	Underperform Votes 8 72.73%
FirstService	Outperform Votes 328 59.74%	Underperform Votes 221 40.26%

Summary

FirstService beats Curbline Properties on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.