Granite Real Estate (GRP.U) Competitors

FirstService (NASDAQ:FSV) and Granite Real Estate (NYSE:GRP.U) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Does the media refer more to FSV or GRP.U?

In the previous week, FirstService had 9 more articles in the media than Granite Real Estate. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for FirstService and 3 mentions for Granite Real Estate. FirstService's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Granite Real Estate's score of -0.47 indicating that FirstService is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FirstService	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Granite Real Estate	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate FSV or GRP.U?

FirstService presently has a consensus price target of $217.75, suggesting a potential upside of 8.99%. Given FirstService's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe FirstService is more favorable than Granite Real Estate.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FirstService	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Granite Real Estate	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FSV or GRP.U?

69.4% of FirstService shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.1% of Granite Real Estate shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Granite Real Estate shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is FSV or GRP.U a better dividend stock?

FirstService pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Granite Real Estate pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. FirstService pays out 35.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Granite Real Estate pays out 10.4% 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 increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years. Granite Real Estate is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, FSV or GRP.U?

Granite Real Estate has lower revenue, but higher earnings than FirstService. Granite Real Estate 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	$5.22B	1.74	$134.38M	$3.12	64.04
Granite Real Estate	$415.37M	8.78	$263.17M	$3.86	15.42

Is FSV or GRP.U more profitable?

Granite Real Estate has a net margin of 56.61% compared to FirstService's net margin of 2.61%. FirstService's return on equity of 18.24% beat Granite Real Estate's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FirstService	2.61%	18.24%	5.17%
Granite Real Estate	56.61%	6.01%	3.52%

Summary

FirstService beats Granite Real Estate on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.