Curbline Properties (CURB) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FSV or CURB?

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

Does the media refer more to FSV or CURB?

In the previous week, Curbline Properties had 4 more articles in the media than FirstService. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Curbline Properties and 2 mentions for FirstService. FirstService's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat Curbline Properties' score of 0.70 indicating that FirstService is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FirstService	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Curbline Properties	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in FSV or CURB?

69.3% of FirstService shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.6% of Curbline Properties 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.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, FSV or CURB?

FirstService has higher revenue and earnings than Curbline Properties.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FirstService	$5.31B	1.52	$134.38M	$2.89	61.60
Curbline Properties	$131.54M	18.19	$10.26M	N/A	N/A

Do analysts rate FSV or CURB?

FirstService presently has a consensus price target of $208.40, indicating a potential upside of 17.06%. Curbline Properties has a consensus price target of $25.68, indicating a potential upside of 12.90%. 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
FirstService	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Curbline Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Is FSV or CURB 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
FirstService	2.58%	17.15%	4.79%
Curbline Properties	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is FSV or CURB a better dividend stock?

FirstService pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Curbline Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. FirstService pays out 38.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FirstService has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years.

Summary

FirstService beats Curbline Properties on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.