CWK vs. FSV, CIGI, TRNO, IIPR, UE, GTY, FOR, KW, CMTG, and EFC
Should you be buying Cushman & Wakefield stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cushman & Wakefield include FirstService (FSV), Colliers International Group (CIGI), Terreno Realty (TRNO), Innovative Industrial Properties (IIPR), Urban Edge Properties (UE), Getty Realty (GTY), Forestar Group (FOR), Kennedy-Wilson (KW), Claros Mortgage Trust (CMTG), and Ellington Financial (EFC). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
FirstService (NASDAQ:FSV) and Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE:CWK) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation and institutional ownership.
FirstService has a net margin of 2.02% compared to FirstService's net margin of 0.13%. Cushman & Wakefield's return on equity of 16.42% beat FirstService's return on equity.
FirstService received 125 more outperform votes than Cushman & Wakefield when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.47% of users gave Cushman & Wakefield an outperform vote while only 60.30% of users gave FirstService an outperform vote.
FirstService has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cushman & Wakefield. FirstService is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cushman & Wakefield, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FirstService has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cushman & Wakefield has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, FirstService had 3 more articles in the media than Cushman & Wakefield. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for FirstService and 14 mentions for Cushman & Wakefield. Cushman & Wakefield's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat FirstService's score of 0.50 indicating that FirstService is being referred to more favorably in the media.
69.4% of FirstService shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of Cushman & Wakefield shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Cushman & Wakefield shares are held 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.
FirstService presently has a consensus target price of $188.60, suggesting a potential upside of 7.50%. Cushman & Wakefield has a consensus target price of $12.08, suggesting a potential downside of 9.69%. Given Cushman & Wakefield's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe FirstService is more favorable than Cushman & Wakefield.
Summary
FirstService beats Cushman & Wakefield on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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