Urban Edge Properties (UE) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, UE or FSV?

Urban Edge Properties has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FirstService has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer UE or FSV?

In the previous week, Urban Edge Properties had 1 more articles in the media than FirstService. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Urban Edge Properties and 14 mentions for FirstService. FirstService's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Urban Edge Properties' score of 0.64 indicating that FirstService is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Urban Edge Properties	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
FirstService	6 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer UE or FSV?

Urban Edge Properties currently has a consensus price target of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.12%. FirstService has a consensus price target of $206.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.43%. Given Urban Edge Properties' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Urban Edge Properties is more favorable than FirstService.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Urban Edge Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
FirstService	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the MarketBeat Community favor UE or FSV?

FirstService received 123 more outperform votes than Urban Edge Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.85% of users gave FirstService an outperform vote while only 44.66% of users gave Urban Edge Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Urban Edge Properties	Outperform Votes 205 44.66%	Underperform Votes 254 55.34%
FirstService	Outperform Votes 328 59.85%	Underperform Votes 220 40.15%

Is UE or FSV a better dividend stock?

Urban Edge Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. FirstService pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Urban Edge Properties pays out 128.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. FirstService pays out 38.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

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

94.9% of Urban Edge Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.3% of FirstService shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Urban Edge Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, UE or FSV?

FirstService has higher revenue and earnings than Urban Edge Properties. Urban Edge Properties 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
Urban Edge Properties	$444.97M	5.13	$72.56M	$0.59	30.79
FirstService	$5.31B	1.50	$134.38M	$2.89	60.70

Is UE or FSV more profitable?

Urban Edge Properties has a net margin of 16.31% compared to FirstService's net margin of 2.58%. FirstService's return on equity of 17.15% beat Urban Edge Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Urban Edge Properties	16.31%	5.59%	2.24%
FirstService	2.58%	17.15%	4.79%

Summary

FirstService beats Urban Edge Properties on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.