GRP.U vs. FSV, CIGI, MRP, HTGC, CURB, CWK, UE, NMRK, TSLX, and RDFN
Should you be buying Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple include FirstService (FSV), Colliers International Group (CIGI), Millrose Properties (MRP), Hercules Capital (HTGC), Curbline Properties (CURB), Cushman & Wakefield (CWK), Urban Edge Properties (UE), Newmark Group (NMRK), Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX), and Redfin (RDFN). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple vs.
FirstService (NASDAQ:FSV) and Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple (NYSE:GRP.U) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple has a net margin of 55.97% compared to FirstService's net margin of 2.58%. FirstService's return on equity of 17.15% beat Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple's return on equity.
FirstService received 315 more outperform votes than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.74% of users gave FirstService an outperform vote while only 52.00% of users gave Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple an outperform vote.
FirstService pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. FirstService pays out 38.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple pays out 27.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. FirstService has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
69.3% of FirstService shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.1% of Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
FirstService has higher revenue and earnings than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FirstService, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FirstService currently has a consensus target price of $206.33, indicating a potential upside of 19.24%. Given FirstService's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe FirstService is more favorable than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple.
In the previous week, FirstService had 7 more articles in the media than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for FirstService and 4 mentions for Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple. FirstService's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple's score of 0.81 indicating that FirstService is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
FirstService beats Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:GRP.U) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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