FirstService (FSV) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BPY.UN or FSV?

FirstService has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Brookfield Property Partners. Brookfield Property Partners 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
Brookfield Property Partners	C$6.71B	0.00	-C$1.93B	-C$2.07	N/A
FirstService	C$3.47B	2.50	C$76.13M	C$3.42	79.99

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BPY.UN or FSV?

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

Do analysts prefer BPY.UN or FSV?

FirstService has a consensus target price of C$197.00, suggesting a potential downside of 27.94%. Given Brookfield Property Partners' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Brookfield Property Partners is more favorable than FirstService.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brookfield Property Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
FirstService	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is BPY.UN or FSV more profitable?

FirstService has a net margin of 2.19% compared to Brookfield Property Partners' net margin of 0.00%. FirstService's return on equity of 10.05% beat Brookfield Property Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield Property Partners	N/A	N/A	N/A
FirstService	2.19%	10.05%	4.67%

Is BPY.UN or FSV a better dividend stock?

Brookfield Property Partners pays an annual dividend of C$1.33 per share. FirstService pays an annual dividend of C$1.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Brookfield Property Partners pays out -64.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FirstService pays out 39.5% 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.

Does the media prefer BPY.UN or FSV?

In the previous week, FirstService had 1 more articles in the media than Brookfield Property Partners. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for FirstService and 0 mentions for Brookfield Property Partners. FirstService's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Brookfield Property Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that FirstService is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Property Partners	Neutral
FirstService	Positive

Summary

FirstService beats Brookfield Property Partners on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.