DOUG vs. RMAX, OPAD, FTHM, LRHC, OMH, MDJH, BEKE, JLL, VAC, and NMRK
Should you be buying Douglas Elliman stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Douglas Elliman include RE/MAX (RMAX), Offerpad Solutions (OPAD), Fathom (FTHM), La Rosa (LRHC), Ohmyhome (OMH), MDJM (MDJH), KE (BEKE), Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), Marriott Vacations Worldwide (VAC), and Newmark Group (NMRK). These companies are all part of the "real estate agents & managers" industry.
Douglas Elliman (NYSE:DOUG) and RE/MAX (NYSE:RMAX) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.
Douglas Elliman has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RE/MAX has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
RE/MAX received 288 more outperform votes than Douglas Elliman when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.55% of users gave RE/MAX an outperform vote while only 28.57% of users gave Douglas Elliman an outperform vote.
RE/MAX has a consensus target price of $11.60, suggesting a potential upside of 43.39%. Given RE/MAX's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe RE/MAX is more favorable than Douglas Elliman.
Douglas Elliman pays an annual dividend of $0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. RE/MAX pays an annual dividend of $0.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Douglas Elliman pays out -6.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RE/MAX pays out -17.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. RE/MAX is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Douglas Elliman has higher revenue and earnings than RE/MAX. RE/MAX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Douglas Elliman, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Douglas Elliman has a net margin of -7.05% compared to RE/MAX's net margin of -22.51%. Douglas Elliman's return on equity of -20.62% beat RE/MAX's return on equity.
59.6% of Douglas Elliman shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of RE/MAX shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.3% of Douglas Elliman shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of RE/MAX shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Douglas Elliman had 5 more articles in the media than RE/MAX. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Douglas Elliman and 5 mentions for RE/MAX. RE/MAX's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Douglas Elliman's score of 0.19 indicating that RE/MAX is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Douglas Elliman beats RE/MAX on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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