FirstService (FSV) Competitors

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

Is FSV or BPY.UN a better dividend stock?

FirstService pays an annual dividend of C$1.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Brookfield Property Partners pays an annual dividend of C$1.33 per share. FirstService pays out 39.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield Property Partners pays out -64.2% 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 FSV or BPY.UN?

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

Company	Overall Sentiment
FirstService	Neutral
Brookfield Property Partners	Neutral

Do analysts prefer FSV or BPY.UN?

FirstService presently has a consensus price target of C$197.00, indicating a potential downside of 19.32%. Given Brookfield Property Partners' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Brookfield Property Partners is more favorable than FirstService.

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

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, FSV or BPY.UN?

FirstService has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
FirstService	C$3.47B	2.23	C$76.13M	C$3.42	71.44
Brookfield Property Partners	C$6.71B	0.00	-C$1.93B	-C$2.07	N/A

Is FSV or BPY.UN 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
FirstService	2.19%	10.05%	4.67%
Brookfield Property Partners	N/A	N/A	N/A

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

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

Summary

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