Mainstreet Equity (MEQ) Competitors

Mainstreet Equity (TSE:MEQ) and Colliers International Group (TSE:CIGI) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of MEQ or CIGI?

19.0% of Mainstreet Equity shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.2% of Colliers International Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 48.9% of Mainstreet Equity shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of Colliers International Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate MEQ or CIGI?

Mainstreet Equity currently has a consensus price target of C$222.50, indicating a potential upside of 16.14%. Colliers International Group has a consensus price target of C$180.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.70%. Given Mainstreet Equity's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Mainstreet Equity is more favorable than Colliers International Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mainstreet Equity	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Colliers International Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MEQ or CIGI?

Mainstreet Equity received 17 more outperform votes than Colliers International Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.32% of users gave Colliers International Group an outperform vote while only 56.51% of users gave Mainstreet Equity an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mainstreet Equity	Outperform Votes 191 56.51%	Underperform Votes 147 43.49%
Colliers International Group	Outperform Votes 174 76.32%	Underperform Votes 54 23.68%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, MEQ or CIGI?

Mainstreet Equity has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Colliers International Group. Mainstreet Equity 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mainstreet Equity	C$258.81M	6.90	C$187.49M	C$20.14	9.51
Colliers International Group	C$3.15B	1.81	C$106.51M	C$4.32	37.97

Is MEQ or CIGI more profitable?

Mainstreet Equity has a net margin of 72.44% compared to Colliers International Group's net margin of 3.38%. Colliers International Group's return on equity of 13.81% beat Mainstreet Equity's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mainstreet Equity	72.44%	12.68%	2.56%
Colliers International Group	3.38%	13.81%	4.07%

Does the media prefer MEQ or CIGI?

In the previous week, Mainstreet Equity's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Colliers International Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Mainstreet Equity	Neutral
Colliers International Group	Neutral

Is MEQ or CIGI a better dividend stock?

Mainstreet Equity pays an annual dividend of C$0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Colliers International Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Mainstreet Equity pays out 0.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Colliers International Group pays out 9.5% 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, MEQ or CIGI?

Mainstreet Equity has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Colliers International Group has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Mainstreet Equity beats Colliers International Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.