Head to Head Contrast: NSI (NIUWF) and Its Rivals

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

Profitability

This table compares NSI and its peers’ 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	-16.95%	-12.54%	-0.41%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares NSI and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
NSI	N/A	N/A	-14.00
NSI Competitors	$529.25 million	-$52.35 million	27.06

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

28.8% of NSI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.4% of shares of all “Office REITs” companies are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of shares of all “Office REITs” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for NSI and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NSI	1	0	0	0	1.00
NSI Competitors	912	2752	2652	21	2.28

As a group, “Office REITs” companies have a potential downside of 1.02%. Given NSI’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe NSI has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

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 4.5% and pay out 208.3% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

NSI peers 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.