Colliers International Group Inc. (CIGI) vs FirstService Corporation (FSV)

Colliers International Group Inc. and FirstService Corporation are both Real Estate Services companies. FirstService Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $6.4B against $4.9B — 1.3× the size. Colliers International Group Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 41.5× against 46.6×. Colliers International Group Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 12.4% against 3.69%. FirstService Corporation has the higher net margin (2.59% vs 1.18%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.21% vs 6.34%). Both pay a dividend; FirstService Corporation yields more (0.78% vs 0.32%). Across the 23 metrics below, Colliers International Group Inc. leads on 14 and FirstService Corporation on 9.

Valuation

Metric CIGI FSV Real Estate Services median
P/E 41.47 46.60 28.85
P/S 0.79 1.17 0.87
P/B 3.14 7.07 0.81
Price to free cash flow 19.77 22.19 15.95
EV/EBITDA 13.66 14.86 9.66
EV/Sales 1.13 1.41 1.06
Earnings yield 2.41% 2.15% (1.54%)
Free cash flow yield 5.06% 4.51% (0.70%)

Profitability

Metric CIGI FSV Real Estate Services median
Gross margin 39.89% 33.05% 23.98%
Operating margin 6.03% 5.98% 0.00%
Net margin 1.18% 2.59% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 4.01% 5.25% 0.00%
Return on equity 0.00% 12.93% 0.00%
Return on assets 0.98% 3.33% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 6.34% 9.21% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CIGI FSV Real Estate Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 12.41% 3.69% 3.97%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (37.27%) 6.73% 28.72%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 14.81% 14.67% 5.94%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 16.01% 10.70% 0.00%

Health

Metric CIGI FSV Real Estate Services median
Debt to equity 1.56 1.66 0.04
Current ratio 1.18 1.82 1.73
Net debt to EBITDA 2.20 1.72 0.61

Dividend

Metric CIGI FSV Real Estate Services median
Dividend yield 0.32% 0.78% 1.81%
Payout ratio 0.13 0.36 0.40

Size

Metric CIGI FSV Real Estate Services median
Market cap 4.91b 6.44b 233.25m

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