Altus Group (AIF) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, AIF or FSV?

FirstService has higher revenue and earnings than Altus Group. FirstService is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Altus Group, 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$735.93M	3.24	C$2.68M	C$0.06	895.73
FirstService	C$3.47B	2.22	C$76.13M	C$3.42	71.02

Does the media favor AIF or FSV?

In the previous week, FirstService had 3 more articles in the media than Altus Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for FirstService and 2 mentions for Altus Group. FirstService's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Altus Group's score of -0.21 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)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
FirstService	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AIF or FSV?

Altus Group received 12 more outperform votes than FirstService when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.78% of users gave FirstService an outperform vote while only 62.48% of users gave Altus Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Altus Group	Outperform Votes 373 62.48%	Underperform Votes 224 37.52%
FirstService	Outperform Votes 361 72.78%	Underperform Votes 135 27.22%

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 1.2%. FirstService pays an annual dividend of C$1.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Altus Group pays out 1,049.9% 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 39.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

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

58.7% of Altus Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.9% of FirstService shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Altus Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.3% of FirstService shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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%

Do analysts prefer AIF or FSV?

Altus Group presently has a consensus target price of C$56.67, indicating a potential upside of 10.70%. FirstService has a consensus target price of C$197.00, indicating a potential downside of 18.84%. Given Altus Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
FirstService	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more volatility and risk, AIF or FSV?

Altus Group has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FirstService has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

FirstService beats Altus Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.