J.W. Mays (MAYS) Competitors

Maui Land & Pineapple (NYSE:MLP) and J.W. Mays (NASDAQ:MAYS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, MLP or MAYS?

J.W. Mays has higher revenue and earnings than Maui Land & Pineapple. J.W. Mays is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Maui Land & Pineapple, 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
Maui Land & Pineapple	$11.57M	25.67	-$3.08M	-$0.38	-39.56
J.W. Mays	$22.04M	3.57	-$410K	-$0.12	-325.42

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MLP or MAYS?

Maui Land & Pineapple received 19 more outperform votes than J.W. Mays when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.64% of users gave J.W. Mays an outperform vote while only 51.96% of users gave Maui Land & Pineapple an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Maui Land & Pineapple	Outperform Votes 93 51.96%	Underperform Votes 86 48.04%
J.W. Mays	Outperform Votes 74 55.64%	Underperform Votes 59 44.36%

Does the media favor MLP or MAYS?

In the previous week, J.W. Mays had 2 more articles in the media than Maui Land & Pineapple. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for J.W. Mays and 0 mentions for Maui Land & Pineapple. Maui Land & Pineapple's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat J.W. Mays' score of 1.24 indicating that Maui Land & Pineapple is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Maui Land & Pineapple	Very Positive
J.W. Mays	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in MLP or MAYS?

24.5% of Maui Land & Pineapple shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.2% of J.W. Mays shares are held by institutional investors. 65.9% of Maui Land & Pineapple shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 35.2% of J.W. Mays shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is MLP or MAYS more profitable?

J.W. Mays has a net margin of -0.86% compared to Maui Land & Pineapple's net margin of -40.09%. J.W. Mays' return on equity of -0.35% beat Maui Land & Pineapple's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Maui Land & Pineapple	-40.09%	-14.23%	-11.37%
J.W. Mays	-0.86%	-0.35%	-0.21%

Which has more volatility and risk, MLP or MAYS?

Maui Land & Pineapple has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J.W. Mays has a beta of -0.23, indicating that its share price is 123% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

J.W. Mays beats Maui Land & Pineapple on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.