American Realty Investors (ARL) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer REAX or ARL?

Real Brokerage presently has a consensus price target of $6.33, suggesting a potential upside of 49.37%. Given Real Brokerage's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly 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)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
American Realty Investors	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is REAX or ARL more profitable?

Real Brokerage has a net margin of -1.09% compared to American Realty Investors' net margin of -28.44%. American Realty Investors' return on equity of -2.06% beat Real Brokerage's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Real Brokerage	-1.09%	-49.13%	-15.42%
American Realty Investors	-28.44%	-2.06%	-1.60%

Does the media prefer REAX or ARL?

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 0.86 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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of REAX or ARL?

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

Which has better earnings & valuation, 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	$1.26B	0.66	-$26.54M	-$0.07	-60.57
American Realty Investors	$47.32M	4.91	-$14.70M	-$0.84	-17.13

Which has more volatility & risk, REAX or ARL?

Real Brokerage has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Realty Investors has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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