Curbline Properties (CURB) Competitors

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

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 2.8%. FirstService pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. FirstService pays out 35.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FirstService has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years.

Does the media prefer CURB or FSV?

In the previous week, FirstService had 11 more articles in the media than Curbline Properties. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for FirstService and 1 mentions for Curbline Properties. FirstService's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Curbline Properties' score of 0.72 indicating that FirstService is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Curbline Properties	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
FirstService	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate CURB or FSV?

Curbline Properties presently has a consensus price target of $25.68, suggesting a potential upside of 13.27%. FirstService has a consensus price target of $217.75, suggesting a potential upside of 9.35%. Given Curbline Properties' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Curbline Properties is more favorable than FirstService.

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)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, 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	$120.88M	19.73	$10.26M	N/A	N/A
FirstService	$5.22B	1.74	$134.38M	$3.12	63.82

Is CURB or FSV more profitable?

Curbline Properties has a net margin of 11.74% compared to FirstService's net margin of 2.61%. FirstService's return on equity of 18.24% beat Curbline Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Curbline Properties	11.74%	1.01%	0.94%
FirstService	2.61%	18.24%	5.17%

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

69.4% of FirstService shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.6% of Curbline Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

FirstService beats Curbline Properties on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.