Head-To-Head Review: PSP Swiss Property (PSPSF) and Its Rivals

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 rivals? We will compare PSP Swiss Property to similar businesses based on the strength of its profitability, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.

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 47.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. PSP Swiss Property lags its rivals as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares PSP Swiss Property and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share 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	9.40

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

Profitability

This table compares PSP Swiss Property and its rivals’ 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	-242.66%	-688.59%	-1.24%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for PSP Swiss Property and its rivals, 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	1445	4290	6988	195	2.46

As a group, “Real Estate Management & Development” companies have a potential upside of 23.79%. Given PSP Swiss Property’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe PSP Swiss Property has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

30.0% of PSP Swiss Property shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.7% of shares of all “Real Estate Management & Development” companies are owned by institutional investors. 27.3% of shares of all “Real Estate Management & Development” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

PSP Swiss Property rivals 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.