Reviewing PSP Swiss Property (PSPSF) & Its Competitors

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

Dividends

PSP Swiss Property pays an annual dividend of $3.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. 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 47.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. PSP Swiss Property lags its competitors as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares PSP Swiss Property and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
PSP Swiss Property	N/A	N/A	39.99
PSP Swiss Property Competitors	$2.67 billion	-$395.04 million	9.20

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

Profitability

This table compares PSP Swiss Property and its competitors’ 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	-243.57%	-688.79%	-1.19%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for PSP Swiss Property and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PSP Swiss Property	1	0	1	0	2.00
PSP Swiss Property Competitors	1456	4296	7004	196	2.46

As a group, “Real Estate Management & Development” companies have a potential upside of 27.34%. Given PSP Swiss Property’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe PSP Swiss Property has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Institutional and Insider 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 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.

Summary

PSP Swiss Property competitors beat PSP Swiss Property on 9 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.