FSV vs. CIGI, TCN, FCR.UN, AIF, CAR.UN, REI.UN, GRT.UN, CHP.UN, BEI.UN, and DIR.UN
Should you be buying FirstService stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FirstService include Colliers International Group (CIGI), Tricon Residential (TCN), First Capital Realty (FCR.UN), Altus Group (AIF), Canadian Apartment Properties REIT (CAR.UN), RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust (REI.UN), Granite Real Estate Investment Trust (GRT.UN), Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst (CHP.UN), Boardwalk REIT (BEI.UN), and Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst (DIR.UN). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
FirstService (TSE:FSV) and Colliers International Group (TSE:CIGI) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk and profitability.
76.7% of FirstService shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.1% of Colliers International Group shares are held by institutional investors. 10.3% of FirstService shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.4% of Colliers International Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, FirstService and FirstService both had 1 articles in the media. FirstService's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Colliers International Group's score of 0.00 indicating that FirstService is being referred to more favorably in the media.
FirstService has a net margin of 2.32% compared to Colliers International Group's net margin of 1.51%. FirstService's return on equity of 11.77% beat Colliers International Group's return on equity.
FirstService pays an annual dividend of C$1.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Colliers International Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. FirstService pays out 44.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Colliers International Group pays out 20.8% 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.
FirstService presently has a consensus target price of C$187.33, suggesting a potential downside of 9.06%. Colliers International Group has a consensus target price of C$150.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.66%. Given Colliers International Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Colliers International Group is more favorable than FirstService.
FirstService has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Colliers International Group has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.
FirstService received 186 more outperform votes than Colliers International Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.65% of users gave Colliers International Group an outperform vote while only 73.02% of users gave FirstService an outperform vote.
FirstService has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Colliers International Group. FirstService is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Colliers International Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
FirstService beats Colliers International Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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