RE/MAX (RMAX) Competitors

RE/MAX (NYSE:RMAX) and Anywhere Real Estate (NYSE:HOUS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Which has better earnings and valuation, RMAX or HOUS?

RE/MAX has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Anywhere Real Estate. Anywhere Real Estate is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RE/MAX, 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
RE/MAX	$307.68M	0.60	$7.12M	$0.47	19.67
Anywhere Real Estate	$5.69B	0.12	-$128M	-$0.98	-5.98

Which has more risk & volatility, RMAX or HOUS?

RE/MAX has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Anywhere Real Estate has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor RMAX or HOUS?

In the previous week, RE/MAX had 3 more articles in the media than Anywhere Real Estate. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for RE/MAX and 2 mentions for Anywhere Real Estate. Anywhere Real Estate's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat RE/MAX's score of 0.39 indicating that Anywhere Real Estate is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
RE/MAX	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Anywhere Real Estate	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is RMAX or HOUS more profitable?

RE/MAX has a net margin of 3.19% compared to Anywhere Real Estate's net margin of -1.87%. Anywhere Real Estate's return on equity of -4.57% beat RE/MAX's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
RE/MAX	3.19%	-51.38%	4.88%
Anywhere Real Estate	-1.87%	-4.57%	-1.24%

Do analysts rate RMAX or HOUS?

RE/MAX currently has a consensus price target of $9.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.65%. Anywhere Real Estate has a consensus price target of $4.00, suggesting a potential downside of 31.80%. Given RE/MAX's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe RE/MAX is more favorable than Anywhere Real Estate.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
RE/MAX	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Anywhere Real Estate	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in RMAX or HOUS?

93.2% of RE/MAX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.6% of Anywhere Real Estate shares are held by institutional investors. 6.8% of RE/MAX shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Anywhere Real Estate shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

RE/MAX beats Anywhere Real Estate on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.