Comstock Holding Companies (CHCI) Competitors

Comstock Holding Companies (NASDAQ:CHCI) and American Realty Investors (NYSE:ARL) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and community ranking.

Is CHCI or ARL more profitable?

Comstock Holding Companies has a net margin of 17.94% compared to American Realty Investors' net margin of 7.53%. Comstock Holding Companies' return on equity of 22.51% beat American Realty Investors' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Comstock Holding Companies	17.94%	22.51%	17.52%
American Realty Investors	7.53%	0.46%	0.37%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CHCI or ARL?

Comstock Holding Companies received 83 more outperform votes than American Realty Investors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.03% of users gave Comstock Holding Companies an outperform vote while only 43.46% of users gave American Realty Investors an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Comstock Holding Companies	Outperform Votes 206 72.03%	Underperform Votes 80 27.97%
American Realty Investors	Outperform Votes 123 43.46%	Underperform Votes 160 56.54%

Which has more risk & volatility, CHCI or ARL?

Comstock Holding Companies has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Realty Investors has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CHCI or ARL?

6.4% of Comstock Holding Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 40.0% of Comstock Holding Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 90.8% of American Realty Investors shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, CHCI or ARL?

Comstock Holding Companies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than American Realty Investors. Comstock Holding Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Realty Investors, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Comstock Holding Companies	$46.87M	1.74	$7.78M	$0.78	10.65
American Realty Investors	$50.25M	5.59	$3.97M	$0.17	102.24

Do analysts recommend CHCI or ARL?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Comstock Holding Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
American Realty Investors	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media favor CHCI or ARL?

In the previous week, Comstock Holding Companies had 2 more articles in the media than American Realty Investors. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Comstock Holding Companies and 2 mentions for American Realty Investors. Comstock Holding Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat American Realty Investors' score of -0.20 indicating that Comstock Holding Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Comstock Holding Companies	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
American Realty Investors	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Comstock Holding Companies beats American Realty Investors on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.