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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, valuation and media sentiment.

Do analysts recommend BPY.UN or FSV?

FirstService has a consensus price target of C$197.00, suggesting a potential downside of 19.31%. Given Brookfield Property Partners' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly 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

Which has better earnings & valuation, 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	2.23	C$76.13M	C$3.42	71.43

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 0.6%. 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.

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

77.9% of FirstService shares are held by institutional investors. 10.3% of FirstService shares are held 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.

Does the media prefer BPY.UN or FSV?

In the previous week, Brookfield Property Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled FirstService'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Property Partners	Neutral
FirstService	Neutral

Summary

FirstService beats Brookfield Property Partners on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.