Financial Contrast: NSI (NIUWF) vs. Its Competitors

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

Profitability

This table compares NSI and its competitors’ 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	-16.99%	-12.55%	-0.41%

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 266.3% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
NSI	N/A	N/A	-14.00
NSI Competitors	$529.91 million	-$52.35 million	26.40

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for NSI and its competitors, 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	908	2746	2651	21	2.28

As a group, “Office REITs” companies have a potential upside of 0.92%. Given NSI’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NSI has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

28.8% of NSI shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.4% of shares of all “Office REITs” companies are owned by institutional investors. 8.7% of shares of all “Office REITs” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

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

About NSI

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.