Head to Head Contrast: PSP Swiss Property (PSPSF) vs. Its Peers

PSP Swiss Property (OTCMKTS:PSPSF) is one of 330 publicly-traded companies in the “Real Estate Management & Development” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare PSP Swiss Property to similar companies based on the strength of its risk, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares PSP Swiss Property and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PSP Swiss Property	N/A	N/A	N/A
PSP Swiss Property Competitors	-245.50%	-694.85%	-1.51%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares PSP Swiss Property and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
PSP Swiss Property	N/A	N/A	41.20
PSP Swiss Property Competitors	$5.54 billion	-$394.99 million	8.36

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for PSP Swiss Property and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PSP Swiss Property	0	0	1	0	3.00
PSP Swiss Property Competitors	1438	4280	6982	195	2.46

As a group, “Real Estate Management & Development” companies have a potential upside of 22.04%. Given PSP Swiss Property’s peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe PSP Swiss Property has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

30.0% of PSP Swiss Property shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.7% of shares of all “Real Estate Management & Development” companies are held by institutional investors. 27.3% of shares of all “Real Estate Management & Development” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

PSP Swiss Property pays an annual dividend of $3.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. PSP Swiss Property pays out 74.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Real Estate Management & Development” companies pay a dividend yield of 4.9% and pay out 47.9% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. PSP Swiss Property lags its peers as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Summary

PSP Swiss Property peers beat PSP Swiss Property on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About PSP Swiss Property

PSP Swiss Property AG, together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates real estate properties in Switzerland. It operates through Real Estate Investments and Property Management segments. The company owns, operates, and leases office, retail, gastronomy, and parking spaces. It also owns office and commercial properties, and development sites and individual projects in Zurich, Geneva, Basel, Bern, and Lausanne. The company was incorporated in 1999 and is based in Zug, Switzerland.