Reviewing FTAI Infrastructure (NASDAQ:FIP) & Colliers International Group (NASDAQ:CIGI)

Colliers International Group (NASDAQ:CIGI) and FTAI Infrastructure (NASDAQ:FIP) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, dividends and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares Colliers International Group and FTAI Infrastructure’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Colliers International Group	1.45%	20.31%	4.43%
FTAI Infrastructure	-68.58%	-147.01%	-7.66%

Dividends

Colliers International Group pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. FTAI Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Colliers International Group pays out 18.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FTAI Infrastructure pays out -2.7% 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. FTAI Infrastructure is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Risk and Volatility

Colliers International Group has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FTAI Infrastructure has a beta of 1.79, meaning that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

80.1% of Colliers International Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of FTAI Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. 15.3% of Colliers International Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of FTAI Infrastructure shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Colliers International Group and FTAI Infrastructure”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Colliers International Group	$5.73 billion	0.87	$103.10 million	$1.62	59.98
FTAI Infrastructure	$594.72 million	0.83	-$107.17 million	($4.51)	-0.92

Colliers International Group has higher revenue and earnings than FTAI Infrastructure. FTAI Infrastructure 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Colliers International Group and FTAI Infrastructure, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Colliers International Group	1	3	7	1	2.67
FTAI Infrastructure	1	0	1	0	2.00

Colliers International Group presently has a consensus price target of $162.89, indicating a potential upside of 67.65%. FTAI Infrastructure has a consensus price target of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 116.35%. Given FTAI Infrastructure’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe FTAI Infrastructure is more favorable than Colliers International Group.

Summary

Colliers International Group beats FTAI Infrastructure on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About FTAI Infrastructure

FTAI Infrastructure Inc. focuses on acquiring, developing, and operating assets and businesses that represent infrastructure for customers in the transportation, energy, and industrial products industries in North America. The company operates through five segments: Railroad, Jefferson Terminal, Repauno, Power and Gas, and Sustainability and Energy Transition. It operates a multi-modal crude oil and refined products terminal, and other related assets. The company also has a 1,630-acre deep-water port located along the Delaware River with an underground storage cavern, a multipurpose dock, a rail-to-ship transloading system, and multiple industrial development opportunities; and a 1,660-acre multi-modal port located along the Ohio River with rail, dock, and multiple industrial development opportunities, including a power plant under construction. In addition, it operates six freight railroads and one switching facility. FTAI Infrastructure Inc. was incorporated in 2021 and is headquartered in New York, New York.