American Realty Investors (ARL) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation and earnings, REAX or ARL?

American Realty Investors has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Real Brokerage	$1.42B	0.58	-$27.50M	-$0.07	-59.57
American Realty Investors	$47.43M	5.01	$3.97M	-$0.84	-17.52

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in REAX or ARL?

American Realty Investors received 108 more outperform votes than Real Brokerage when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.57% of users gave Real Brokerage an outperform vote while only 40.07% of users gave American Realty Investors an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Real Brokerage	Outperform Votes 15 53.57%	Underperform Votes 13 46.43%
American Realty Investors	Outperform Votes 123 40.07%	Underperform Votes 184 59.93%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in REAX or ARL?

53.3% of Real Brokerage shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.2% of Real Brokerage shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 90.8% of American Realty Investors shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, REAX or ARL?

Real Brokerage has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Realty Investors has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor REAX or ARL?

In the previous week, Real Brokerage had 7 more articles in the media than American Realty Investors. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Real Brokerage and 0 mentions for American Realty Investors. Real Brokerage's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat American Realty Investors' score of 0.00 indicating that Real Brokerage is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Real Brokerage	Positive
American Realty Investors	Neutral

Is REAX or ARL more profitable?

Real Brokerage has a net margin of -2.91% compared to American Realty Investors' net margin of -33.78%. American Realty Investors' return on equity of -2.05% beat Real Brokerage's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Real Brokerage	-2.91%	-73.22%	-25.07%
American Realty Investors	-33.78%	-2.05%	-1.62%

Do analysts rate REAX or ARL?

Real Brokerage currently has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 43.88%. Given Real Brokerage's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Real Brokerage is more favorable than American Realty Investors.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Real Brokerage	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
American Realty Investors	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Real Brokerage beats American Realty Investors on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.