American Strategic Investment (NYSE:NYC – Get Free Report) and Colliers International Group (NASDAQ:CIGI – Get Free Report) are both real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and dividends.
Risk & Volatility
American Strategic Investment has a beta of 0.15, indicating that its stock price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Colliers International Group has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares American Strategic Investment and Colliers International Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| American Strategic Investment | $33.41 million | 0.57 | -$21.19 million | $4.90 | 1.22 |
| Colliers International Group | $5.96 billion | 0.80 | $103.10 million | $2.10 | 44.23 |
Colliers International Group has higher revenue and earnings than American Strategic Investment. American Strategic Investment 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.
Dividends
American Strategic Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Colliers International Group pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. American Strategic Investment pays out 8.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Colliers International Group pays out 14.3% 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. American Strategic Investment is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
48.0% of American Strategic Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.1% of Colliers International Group shares are held by institutional investors. 4.0% of American Strategic Investment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.3% of Colliers International Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares American Strategic Investment and Colliers International Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| American Strategic Investment | 38.87% | -50.85% | -7.02% |
| Colliers International Group | 1.81% | 20.17% | 4.28% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for American Strategic Investment and Colliers International Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| American Strategic Investment | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Colliers International Group | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2.89 |
Colliers International Group has a consensus target price of $151.00, indicating a potential upside of 62.56%. Given Colliers International Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Colliers International Group is more favorable than American Strategic Investment.
Summary
Colliers International Group beats American Strategic Investment on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
About American Strategic Investment
American Strategic Investment Co. (NYSE: NYC) owns a portfolio of high-quality commercial real estate located within the five boroughs of New York City.
About Colliers International Group
Colliers International Group Inc. provides commercial real estate professional and investment management services to corporate and institutional clients in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company offers outsourcing and advisory services, such as engineering and project management, property management, valuation, and other services, as well as loan servicing for commercial real estate clients. It also provides property management services comprising building operations and maintenance, facilities management, lease administration, property accounting and financial reporting, contract management, and construction management; and project management services, which include bid document review, construction monitoring and delivery management, contract administration and integrated cost control, development management, facility and engineering functionality, milestone and performance monitoring, quality assurance, risk management, and strategic project consulting. In addition, the company offers corporate and workplace solutions; occupier; workplace strategy; property marketing services; transaction brokerage services, including sales and leasing for corporations, financial institutions, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, governments, and individuals; and capital markets services for property sales, debt finance, mortgage investment banking services, as well as landlord and tenant representation services. Further, the company provides investment management services that consists of asset management and investor advisory services. Colliers International Group Inc. was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
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