RMAX vs. DOUG, OPAD, HWBK, FCCO, UBFO, OFS, RMBI, FRAF, BANX, and EHTH
Should you be buying RE/MAX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RE/MAX include Douglas Elliman (DOUG), Offerpad Solutions (OPAD), Hawthorn Bancshares (HWBK), First Community (FCCO), United Security Bancshares (UBFO), OFS Capital (OFS), Richmond Mutual Bancorporation (RMBI), Franklin Financial Services (FRAF), ArrowMark Financial (BANX), and eHealth (EHTH). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
RE/MAX (NYSE:RMAX) and Douglas Elliman (NYSE:DOUG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership and earnings.
RE/MAX received 288 more outperform votes than Douglas Elliman when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.67% of users gave RE/MAX an outperform vote while only 28.57% of users gave Douglas Elliman an outperform vote.
93.2% of RE/MAX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.6% of Douglas Elliman shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.0% of RE/MAX shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.3% of Douglas Elliman shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
RE/MAX has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Douglas Elliman has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Douglas Elliman has a net margin of -4.45% compared to RE/MAX's net margin of -22.51%. Douglas Elliman's return on equity of -16.63% beat RE/MAX's return on equity.
Douglas Elliman has higher revenue and earnings than RE/MAX. Douglas Elliman is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RE/MAX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, RE/MAX had 10 more articles in the media than Douglas Elliman. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for RE/MAX and 11 mentions for Douglas Elliman. RE/MAX's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Douglas Elliman's score of 0.08 indicating that RE/MAX is being referred to more favorably in the media.
RE/MAX presently has a consensus price target of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 81.58%. Given RE/MAX's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe RE/MAX is more favorable than Douglas Elliman.
Summary
RE/MAX beats Douglas Elliman on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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