Firm Capital Mortgage Investment (FCMGF) and Its Competitors Financial Review

Firm Capital Mortgage Investment (OTCMKTS:FCMGF) is one of 347 publicly-traded companies in the “Financial Services” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Firm Capital Mortgage Investment to similar businesses based on the strength of its dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares Firm Capital Mortgage Investment and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Firm Capital Mortgage Investment	N/A	N/A	N/A
Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Competitors	-405.23%	-22.84%	-6.32%

Dividends

Firm Capital Mortgage Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.1%. Firm Capital Mortgage Investment pays out 117.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Financial Services” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.9% and pay out -103.1% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Firm Capital Mortgage Investment and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Firm Capital Mortgage Investment	0	1	0	0	2.00
Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Competitors	1908	6795	11491	414	2.51

As a group, “Financial Services” companies have a potential upside of 4.12%. Given Firm Capital Mortgage Investment’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Firm Capital Mortgage Investment has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Firm Capital Mortgage Investment and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Firm Capital Mortgage Investment	N/A	N/A	10.61
Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Competitors	$6.61 billion	$1.06 billion	11.21

Firm Capital Mortgage Investment’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Firm Capital Mortgage Investment. Firm Capital Mortgage Investment 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.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.3% of Firm Capital Mortgage Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.6% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 21.5% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Firm Capital Mortgage Investment peers beat Firm Capital Mortgage Investment on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About Firm Capital Mortgage Investment

Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Corporation, through its mortgage banker, Firm Capital Corporation, invests in short-term residential and commercial real estate mortgage loans and real estate related debt investments in Canada. It engages in originating, funding, purchasing, and servicing mortgage investments. The company also offers mortgage services, such as real estate financing, real estate investment financing, capital market, and loan servicing and advisory services; and a line of lending programs, including construction and development lending, investment property financing, short term lending, bridge finance, mezzanine and equity investments, capital market facilities, alternative residential lending program, and infill construction lending program. Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Corporation was founded in 1988 and is based in Toronto, Canada.