Head-To-Head Contrast: NSI (NIUWF) vs. Its Rivals

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

Insider & Institutional 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares NSI and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
NSI	N/A	N/A	-14.00
NSI Competitors	$531.76 million	-$49.81 million	80.08

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 summary of recent ratings and target prices for NSI and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NSI	1	0	0	0	1.00
NSI Competitors	913	2758	2657	21	2.28

As a group, “Office REITs” companies have a potential upside of 0.03%. Given NSI’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe NSI has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

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 218.7% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

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	-16.82%	-12.64%	-0.33%

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.