Cushman & Wakefield (CWK) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate FSV or CWK?

FirstService currently has a consensus price target of $206.33, suggesting a potential upside of 17.01%. Cushman & Wakefield has a consensus price target of $12.93, suggesting a potential upside of 26.13%. Given Cushman & Wakefield's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cushman & Wakefield 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)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Cushman & Wakefield	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14

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

69.3% of FirstService shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of Cushman & Wakefield shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Cushman & Wakefield 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.

Which has better valuation and earnings, FSV or CWK?

FirstService has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cushman & Wakefield. Cushman & Wakefield 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	1.51	$134.38M	$2.89	61.02
Cushman & Wakefield	$9.55B	0.25	-$35.40M	$0.69	14.86

Which has more risk & volatility, FSV or CWK?

FirstService has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cushman & Wakefield has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer FSV or CWK?

In the previous week, FirstService had 3 more articles in the media than Cushman & Wakefield. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for FirstService and 9 mentions for Cushman & Wakefield. FirstService's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Cushman & Wakefield's score of 1.17 indicating that FirstService is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FirstService	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cushman & Wakefield	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FSV or CWK?

FirstService received 130 more outperform votes than Cushman & Wakefield when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.56% of users gave Cushman & Wakefield an outperform vote while only 59.74% of users gave FirstService an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FirstService	Outperform Votes 328 59.74%	Underperform Votes 221 40.26%
Cushman & Wakefield	Outperform Votes 198 65.56%	Underperform Votes 104 34.44%

Is FSV or CWK more profitable?

FirstService has a net margin of 2.58% compared to Cushman & Wakefield's net margin of 1.39%. FirstService's return on equity of 17.15% beat Cushman & Wakefield's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FirstService	2.58%	17.15%	4.79%
Cushman & Wakefield	1.39%	12.62%	2.84%

Summary

FirstService beats Cushman & Wakefield on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.