Maui Land & Pineapple (MLP) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer AXR or MLP?

In the previous week, AMREP had 7 more articles in the media than Maui Land & Pineapple. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for AMREP and 0 mentions for Maui Land & Pineapple. Maui Land & Pineapple's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat AMREP's score of 0.00 indicating that AMREP is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
AMREP	Positive
Maui Land & Pineapple	Neutral

Is AXR or MLP more profitable?

AMREP has a net margin of 6.43% compared to AMREP's net margin of -28.22%. Maui Land & Pineapple's return on equity of 2.54% beat AMREP's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AMREP	6.43%	2.54%	2.44%
Maui Land & Pineapple	-28.22%	-9.23%	-7.36%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, AXR or MLP?

AMREP has higher revenue and earnings than Maui Land & Pineapple. Maui Land & Pineapple is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AMREP, 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
AMREP	$48.68M	2.26	$21.79M	$0.54	38.69
Maui Land & Pineapple	$10.91M	35.39	-$3.08M	-$0.15	-130.79

Do analysts rate AXR or MLP?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AMREP	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Maui Land & Pineapple	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, AXR or MLP?

AMREP has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maui Land & Pineapple has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of AXR or MLP?

59.9% of AMREP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.6% of Maui Land & Pineapple shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.0% of AMREP shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 65.0% of Maui Land & Pineapple shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AXR or MLP?

AMREP received 29 more outperform votes than Maui Land & Pineapple when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.10% of users gave AMREP an outperform vote while only 52.25% of users gave Maui Land & Pineapple an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AMREP	Outperform Votes 122 60.10%	Underperform Votes 81 39.90%
Maui Land & Pineapple	Outperform Votes 93 52.25%	Underperform Votes 85 47.75%

Summary

AMREP beats Maui Land & Pineapple on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.