Granite Real Estate Investment Trust (GRT.UN) Competitors

FirstService (TSE:FSV) and Granite Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:GRT.UN) are both real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Is FSV or GRT.UN more profitable?

Granite Real Estate Investment Trust has a net margin of 42.50% compared to FirstService's net margin of 2.19%. FirstService's return on equity of 10.05% beat Granite Real Estate Investment Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FirstService	2.19%	10.05%	4.67%
Granite Real Estate Investment Trust	42.50%	4.28%	2.82%

Does the media favor FSV or GRT.UN?

In the previous week, FirstService had 6 more articles in the media than Granite Real Estate Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for FirstService and 2 mentions for Granite Real Estate Investment Trust. Granite Real Estate Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat FirstService's score of 0.44 indicating that Granite Real Estate Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FirstService	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Granite Real Estate Investment Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend FSV or GRT.UN?

FirstService presently has a consensus price target of C$214.00, suggesting a potential downside of 24.11%. Granite Real Estate Investment Trust has a consensus price target of C$87.43, suggesting a potential upside of 13.25%. Given Granite Real Estate Investment Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Granite Real Estate Investment Trust 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
Granite Real Estate Investment Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has higher earnings and valuation, FSV or GRT.UN?

Granite Real Estate Investment Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than FirstService. Granite Real Estate Investment Trust 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$5.43B	2.37	C$76.13M	C$3.12	90.38
Granite Real Estate Investment Trust	C$593.87M	7.88	C$229.71M	C$5.39	14.33

Which has more risk and volatility, FSV or GRT.UN?

FirstService has a beta of 0.947007, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Granite Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 1.688822, indicating that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

47.9% of FirstService shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.9% of Granite Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 10.3% of FirstService shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Granite Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is FSV or GRT.UN a better dividend stock?

FirstService pays an annual dividend of C$1.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Granite Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of C$3.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. FirstService pays out 33.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Granite Real Estate Investment Trust pays out 62.4% 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.

Summary

Granite Real Estate Investment Trust beats FirstService on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.