American Realty Investors (ARL) Competitors

American Realty Investors (NYSE:ARL) and Real Brokerage (NASDAQ:REAX) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, ARL or REAX?

American Realty Investors has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Real Brokerage. Real Brokerage 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
American Realty Investors	$47.32M	5.31	-$14.70M	-$0.73	-21.32
Real Brokerage	$1.26B	0.82	-$26.54M	-$0.05	-104.40

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ARL or REAX?

53.3% of Real Brokerage shares are owned by institutional investors. 90.8% of American Realty Investors shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 38.2% of Real Brokerage shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ARL or REAX more profitable?

Real Brokerage has a net margin of -0.78% compared to American Realty Investors' net margin of -24.74%. American Realty Investors' return on equity of -1.86% beat Real Brokerage's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Realty Investors	-24.74%	-1.86%	-1.42%
Real Brokerage	-0.78%	-35.33%	-11.56%

Does the media refer more to ARL or REAX?

In the previous week, Real Brokerage had 3 more articles in the media than American Realty Investors. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Real Brokerage and 0 mentions for American Realty Investors. Real Brokerage's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat American Realty Investors' score of 0.00 indicating that Real Brokerage is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
American Realty Investors	Neutral
Real Brokerage	Positive

Do analysts prefer ARL or REAX?

Real Brokerage has a consensus target price of $6.33, indicating a potential upside of 21.33%. Given Real Brokerage's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Real Brokerage is more favorable than American Realty Investors.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
American Realty Investors	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Real Brokerage	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Which has more risk and volatility, ARL or REAX?

American Realty Investors has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Real Brokerage has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Real Brokerage beats American Realty Investors on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.