Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta (VTMX) Competitors

Brookfield (NYSE:BN) and Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta (NYSE:VTMX) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and earnings.

Does the media refer more to BN or VTMX?

In the previous week, Brookfield had 15 more articles in the media than Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Brookfield and 2 mentions for Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta. Brookfield's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta's score of 0.08 indicating that Brookfield is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Brookfield	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer BN or VTMX?

Brookfield currently has a consensus target price of $63.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.44%. Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta has a consensus target price of $27.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.86%. Given Brookfield's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Brookfield is more favorable than Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brookfield	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is BN or VTMX more profitable?

Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta has a net margin of 88.52% compared to Brookfield's net margin of 0.75%. Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta's return on equity of 8.52% beat Brookfield's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield	0.75%	3.93%	1.30%
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta	88.52%	8.52%	5.67%

Which has more volatility & risk, BN or VTMX?

Brookfield has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in BN or VTMX?

61.6% of Brookfield shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.6% of Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.0% of Brookfield shares are owned 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.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, BN or VTMX?

Brookfield has higher revenue and earnings than Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta. Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield, 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
Brookfield	$81.04B	1.18	$641M	$0.28	207.49
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta	$258.80M	93.53	$316.64M	$1.10	25.47

Is BN or VTMX a better dividend stock?

Brookfield pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Brookfield pays out 128.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta pays out 15.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Brookfield is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BN or VTMX?

Brookfield received 43 more outperform votes than Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.53% of users gave Brookfield an outperform vote while only 63.64% of users gave Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brookfield	Outperform Votes 50 73.53%	Underperform Votes 18 26.47%
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta	Outperform Votes 7 63.64%	Underperform Votes 4 36.36%

Summary

Brookfield beats Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.