Reviewing Safe and Green Development (NASDAQ:SGD) and Colliers International Group (NASDAQ:CIGI)

Safe and Green Development (NASDAQ:SGD) and Colliers International Group (NASDAQ:CIGI) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Safe and Green Development and Colliers International Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Safe and Green Development	0	0	0	0	N/A
Colliers International Group	0	1	5	0	2.83

Colliers International Group has a consensus price target of $155.83, indicating a potential upside of 18.18%. Given Colliers International Group’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Colliers International Group is more favorable than Safe and Green Development.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

2.6% of Safe and Green Development shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.1% of Colliers International Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.1% of Safe and Green Development shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.3% of Colliers International Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Safe and Green Development	N/A	N/A	N/A
Colliers International Group	3.20%	25.35%	4.39%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Safe and Green Development and Colliers International Group’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Safe and Green Development	N/A	N/A	-$4.20 million	N/A	N/A
Colliers International Group	$4.34 billion	1.49	$65.54 million	$2.05	64.32

Colliers International Group has higher revenue and earnings than Safe and Green Development.

Summary

Colliers International Group beats Safe and Green Development on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Safe and Green Development

Safe and Green Development Corporation operates as a real estate development company. It focuses on building single or multifamily projects. The company was formerly known as SGB Development Corp. and changed its name to Safe and Green Development Corporation in December 2022. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is based in Miami, Florida. Safe and Green Development Corporation is a subsidiary of Safe & Green Holdings Corp.

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.