FCR.UN vs. FSV, CIGI, TCN, GZT, AIF, SVI, MEQ, REAX, REAL, and PKT
Should you be buying First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust include FirstService (FSV), Colliers International Group (CIGI), Tricon Residential (TCN), Gazit Globe (GZT), Altus Group (AIF), StorageVault Canada (SVI), Mainstreet Equity (MEQ), Real Brokerage (REAX), Real Matters (REAL), and Parkit Enterprise (PKT). These companies are all part of the "real estate services" industry.
FirstService (TSE:FSV) and First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:FCR.UN) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and community ranking.
FirstService pays an annual dividend of C$1.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of C$0.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. FirstService pays out 49.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust pays out -168.6% 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. First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled FirstService'saverage media sentiment score.
FirstService has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust received 186 more outperform votes than FirstService when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.02% of users gave FirstService an outperform vote while only 67.74% of users gave First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust an outperform vote.
77.0% of FirstService shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.5% of First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.3% of FirstService shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
FirstService has higher revenue and earnings than First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust. First Capital 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.
FirstService has a net margin of 2.03% compared to FirstService's net margin of -13.95%. First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust's return on equity of 10.81% beat FirstService's return on equity.
FirstService currently has a consensus target price of C$187.33, suggesting a potential downside of 6.38%. First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust has a consensus target price of C$18.08, suggesting a potential upside of 25.85%. Given FirstService's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust is more favorable than FirstService.
Summary
FirstService beats First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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