Contrasting Colliers International Group (NASDAQ:CIGI) and Fathom (NASDAQ:FTHM)

Colliers International Group (NASDAQ:CIGI) and Fathom (NASDAQ:FTHM) are both real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Risk & Volatility

Colliers International Group has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fathom has a beta of 2.25, indicating that its share price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Colliers International Group and Fathom, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Colliers International Group	0	2	7	1	2.90
Fathom	1	0	0	1	2.50

Colliers International Group presently has a consensus price target of $154.62, suggesting a potential upside of 78.96%. Fathom has a consensus price target of $2.50, suggesting a potential upside of 1,158.81%. Given Fathom’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Fathom is more favorable than Colliers International Group.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

80.1% of Colliers International Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.5% of Fathom shares are held by institutional investors. 15.3% of Colliers International Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.4% of Fathom shares 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.

Profitability

This table compares Colliers International Group and Fathom’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Colliers International Group	1.81%	20.17%	4.28%
Fathom	-6.27%	-75.89%	-33.25%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Colliers International Group and Fathom”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Colliers International Group	$5.56 billion	0.79	$103.10 million	$2.10	41.14
Fathom	$406.93 million	0.02	-$20.31 million	($0.80)	-0.25

Colliers International Group has higher revenue and earnings than Fathom. Fathom is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Colliers International Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Colliers International Group beats Fathom on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Colliers International Group

Colliers International Group Inc. provides commercial real estate professional and investment management services to corporate and institutional clients in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company offers outsourcing and advisory services, such as engineering and project management, property management, valuation, and other services, as well as loan servicing for commercial real estate clients. It also provides property management services comprising building operations and maintenance, facilities management, lease administration, property accounting and financial reporting, contract management, and construction management; and project management services, which include bid document review, construction monitoring and delivery management, contract administration and integrated cost control, development management, facility and engineering functionality, milestone and performance monitoring, quality assurance, risk management, and strategic project consulting. In addition, the company offers corporate and workplace solutions; occupier; workplace strategy; property marketing services; transaction brokerage services, including sales and leasing for corporations, financial institutions, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, governments, and individuals; and capital markets services for property sales, debt finance, mortgage investment banking services, as well as landlord and tenant representation services. Further, the company provides investment management services that consists of asset management and investor advisory services. Colliers International Group Inc. was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

About Fathom

Fathom Holdings Inc. provides a real estate services platform that integrates residential brokerage, mortgage, title, and insurance services in the United States. It operates through three segments: Real Estate Brokerage, Mortgage, and Technology. The Real Estate Brokerage segment provides real estate brokerage services. The Mortgage segment offers residential loan origination and underwriting services. The Technology segment provides Software as a Service solutions and data mining for third party customers. It offers access to various properties for sale or lease through its FathomRealty.com website to buyers, sellers, landlords, and tenants; insurance agency services; and title services. In addition, the company provides intelliAgent, a real estate technology platform that offers a suite of brokerage and agent level tools, technology, business processes, business intelligence and reporting, and training; transaction, personnel, customer relationship, and accounting management for agent transactions; and reporting, social media marketing, and other marketing and marketing repository services, as well as marketplace for add-on services and third-party technology. Its brands include Fathom Realty, Dagley Insurance, Encompass Lending, intelliAgent, LiveBy, Real Results, Verus Title, and Cornerstone. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Cary, North Carolina.