Altus Group (AIF) Competitors

Altus Group (TSE:AIF) and FirstService (TSE:FSV) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.

Is AIF or FSV a better dividend stock?

Altus Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. FirstService pays an annual dividend of C$1.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Altus Group pays out 6.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FirstService pays out 33.7% 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. Altus Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, AIF or FSV?

FirstService has higher revenue and earnings than Altus Group. Altus Group 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
Altus Group	C$524.54M	5.03	C$2.68M	C$8.74	7.00
FirstService	C$5.43B	2.34	C$76.13M	C$3.12	89.51

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

42.5% of Altus Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.3% of FirstService shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Altus Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.3% of FirstService shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend AIF or FSV?

Altus Group currently has a consensus price target of C$60.20, suggesting a potential downside of 1.62%. FirstService has a consensus price target of C$214.00, suggesting a potential downside of 23.37%. Given Altus Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Altus Group is more favorable than FirstService.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Altus Group	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
FirstService	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more risk & volatility, AIF or FSV?

Altus Group has a beta of 0.897944, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FirstService has a beta of 0.947007, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to AIF or FSV?

In the previous week, FirstService had 2 more articles in the media than Altus Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for FirstService and 3 mentions for Altus Group. FirstService's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Altus Group's score of 0.35 indicating that FirstService is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Altus Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
FirstService	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is AIF or FSV more profitable?

FirstService has a net margin of 2.19% compared to Altus Group's net margin of 0.36%. FirstService's return on equity of 10.05% beat Altus Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Altus Group	0.36%	0.43%	3.39%
FirstService	2.19%	10.05%	4.67%

Summary

FirstService beats Altus Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.