American Realty Investors (ARL) Competitors

Five Point (NYSE:FPH) and American Realty Investors (NYSE:ARL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of FPH or ARL?

38.1% of Five Point shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.5% of Five Point shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 90.8% of American Realty Investors shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, FPH or ARL?

Five Point has higher revenue and earnings than American Realty Investors. American Realty Investors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Five Point, 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
Five Point	$237.93M	3.75	$68.30M	$1.25	4.80
American Realty Investors	$47.32M	4.39	-$14.70M	-$0.84	-15.32

Do analysts prefer FPH or ARL?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Five Point	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 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

Is FPH or ARL more profitable?

Five Point has a net margin of 37.01% compared to American Realty Investors' net margin of -28.44%. Five Point's return on equity of 4.23% beat American Realty Investors' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Five Point	37.01%	4.23%	2.95%
American Realty Investors	-28.44%	-2.06%	-1.60%

Which has more risk & volatility, FPH or ARL?

Five Point has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Realty Investors has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor FPH or ARL?

In the previous week, Five Point had 4 more articles in the media than American Realty Investors. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Five Point and 0 mentions for American Realty Investors. Five Point's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled American Realty Investors'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Five Point	Neutral
American Realty Investors	Neutral

Summary

Five Point beats American Realty Investors on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.