Analyzing NSI (NIUWF) & The Competition

NSI (OTCMKTS:NIUWF) is one of 59 publicly-traded companies in the “Office REITs” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare NSI to similar businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares NSI and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NSI	N/A	N/A	N/A
NSI Competitors	-18.14%	-9.70%	-0.24%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for NSI and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NSI	1	0	0	0	1.00
NSI Competitors	916	2771	2661	22	2.28

As a group, “Office REITs” companies have a potential upside of 1.08%. Given NSI’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe NSI has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Dividends

NSI pays an annual dividend of C$0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. NSI pays out -10.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Office REITs” companies pay a dividend yield of 4.6% and pay out 209.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

28.8% of NSI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.5% of shares of all “Office REITs” companies are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of shares of all “Office REITs” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares NSI and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
NSI	N/A	N/A	-14.00
NSI Competitors	$530.46 million	-$49.81 million	78.39

NSI’s peers have higher revenue, but lower earnings than NSI. NSI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

NSI peers beat NSI on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

NSI Company Profile

NSI N.V. is a specialist commercial property investor and the only listed real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on well-located offices in economic growth regions in The Netherlands. The NSI team aims to maximise returns for its shareholders through pro-active management of its investment portfolio, value-add initiatives, and disciplined asset rotation. The portfolio, with a value of over one billion euros, is underpinned by a strong balance sheet, with significant capacity to fund both internal and external growth. By investing in an attractive space and a high level of services for its customers, NSI can generate sustainable and growing revenues to support an attractive level of dividends.