FirstService (NASDAQ:FSV) versus reAlpha Tech (NASDAQ:AIRE) Financial Analysis

FirstService (NASDAQ:FSV) and reAlpha Tech (NASDAQ:AIRE) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for FirstService and reAlpha Tech, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FirstService	0	1	5	0	2.83
reAlpha Tech	0	0	0	0	N/A

FirstService presently has a consensus price target of $177.86, indicating a potential upside of 17.79%. Given FirstService’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe FirstService is more favorable than reAlpha Tech.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares FirstService and reAlpha Tech’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FirstService	$4.33 billion	1.56	$100.39 million	$2.24	67.30
reAlpha Tech	$310,000.00	106.93	N/A	N/A	N/A

FirstService has higher revenue and earnings than reAlpha Tech.

Profitability

This table compares FirstService and reAlpha Tech’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FirstService	2.32%	17.56%	5.50%
reAlpha Tech	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

69.4% of FirstService shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.0% of reAlpha Tech shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

FirstService beats reAlpha Tech on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About FirstService

FirstService Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides residential property management and other essential property services to residential and commercial customers in the United States and Canada. It operates through two segments: FirstService Residential and FirstService Brands. The FirstService Residential segment offers services for private residential communities, such as condominiums, co-operatives, homeowner associations, master-planned communities, active adult and lifestyle communities, and various other residential developments. This segment provides a range of ancillary services, including on-site staffing for building engineering and maintenance, full-service amenity management, and security and concierge/front desk; and financial services comprising cash management, other banking transaction-related, and specialized property insurance brokerage. In addition, this segment offers energy management solutions and advisory services, and resale processing services. Its FirstService Brands segment operates and provides essential property services to residential and commercial customers through franchise networks; and company-owned operations, including California Closets, Paul Davis Restoration, and CertaPro Painters operations. It provides residential and commercial restoration, painting, and floor coverings design and installation services; custom-designed and installed closet, and home storage solutions; home inspection services; and fire protection and related services. This segment offers its services primarily under the Paul Davis Restoration, Roofing Corp of America, First Onsite property Restoration, Century Fire Protection, CertaPro Painters, California Closets, Pillar to Post Home Inspectors, and Floor Coverings International brand names. FirstService Corporation was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

About reAlpha Tech

reAlpha Tech Corp., a real estate technology company, focuses on developing, utilizing, and commercializing real-estate focused artificial intelligence (AI). The company operates in two segments, Platform Services and Rental Business. The Platform Services segment offers and develops AI-based products and services to customers in the real-estate industry. The Rental Business segment focuses on purchasing properties for syndication, which is powered by its platform services technologies. The company was formerly known as reAlpha Asset Management Inc. and changed its name to reAlpha Tech Corp. in March 2023. reAlpha Tech Corp. was incorporated in 2021 and is based in Dublin, Ohio.