TD (GLG) Competitors

Sotherly Hotels (NASDAQ:SOHO) and TD (NASDAQ:GLG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.

Which has more volatility and risk, SOHO or GLG?

Sotherly Hotels has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TD has a beta of 0.22, suggesting that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SOHO or GLG?

Sotherly Hotels has higher revenue and earnings than TD.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sotherly Hotels	$166.08M	0.20	$32.54M	$0.30	5.73
TD	$156.84M	0.17	$4.53M	N/A	N/A

Is SOHO or GLG more profitable?

Sotherly Hotels has a net margin of 7.89% compared to Sotherly Hotels' net margin of -1.59%. TD's return on equity of 27.16% beat Sotherly Hotels' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sotherly Hotels	7.89%	27.16%	3.35%
TD	-1.59%	-0.78%	-0.66%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SOHO or GLG?

Sotherly Hotels received 102 more outperform votes than TD when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.41% of users gave TD an outperform vote while only 46.54% of users gave Sotherly Hotels an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sotherly Hotels	Outperform Votes 195 46.54%	Underperform Votes 224 53.46%
TD	Outperform Votes 93 57.41%	Underperform Votes 69 42.59%

Does the media refer more to SOHO or GLG?

In the previous week, Sotherly Hotels had 2 more articles in the media than TD. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Sotherly Hotels and 0 mentions for TD. TD's average media sentiment score of -0.16 beat Sotherly Hotels' score of -1.00 indicating that Sotherly Hotels is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Sotherly Hotels	Neutral
TD	Negative

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SOHO or GLG?

26.1% of Sotherly Hotels shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of TD shares are held by institutional investors. 15.9% of Sotherly Hotels shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 39.8% of TD shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer SOHO or GLG?

Sotherly Hotels currently has a consensus price target of $2.25, indicating a potential upside of 29.31%. Given TD's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Sotherly Hotels is more favorable than TD.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sotherly Hotels	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
TD	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

Sotherly Hotels beats TD on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.