LEJU vs. RFL, BPYPO, BPYPN, BPYPP, UKOMW, CSGP, AGNCP, AGNCO, AGNCN, and AGNCM
Should you be buying Leju stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Leju include Rafael (RFL), Brookfield Property Partners (BPYPO), Brookfield Property Partners (BPYPN), Brookfield Property Partners (BPYPP), Ucommune International (UKOMW), CoStar Group (CSGP), AGNC Investment (AGNCP), AGNC Investment (AGNCO), AGNC Investment (AGNCN), and AGNC Investment (AGNCM). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Leju (NYSE:LEJU) and Rafael (NYSE:RFL) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Leju received 273 more outperform votes than Rafael when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.03% of users gave Leju an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Rafael an outperform vote.
Rafael has a net margin of 776.36% compared to Leju's net margin of 0.00%. Leju's return on equity of 0.00% beat Rafael's return on equity.
Rafael has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Leju.
In the previous week, Rafael had 36 more articles in the media than Leju. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Rafael and 2 mentions for Leju. Rafael's average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat Leju's score of -0.33 indicating that Rafael is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
0.4% of Leju shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.3% of Rafael shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of Leju shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Rafael shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Leju has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rafael has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Leju and Rafael tied by winning 6 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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