Critical Review: Green Brick Partners (NASDAQ:GRBK) and Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações (OTCMKTS:CYRBY)

Green Brick Partners (NASDAQ:GRBK) and Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações (OTCMKTS:CYRBY) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.

Risk and Volatility

Green Brick Partners has a beta of 1.71, meaning that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Green Brick Partners and Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações’ top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Green Brick Partners	$1.78 billion	1.41	$284.63 million	$6.14	9.07
Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações	$888.00 million	N/A	$169.36 million	N/A	N/A

Green Brick Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

78.2% of Green Brick Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 44.4% of Green Brick Partners shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Green Brick Partners and Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Green Brick Partners	16.01%	24.19%	15.70%
Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for Green Brick Partners and Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Green Brick Partners	0	2	0	0	2.00
Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações	0	0	0	0	N/A

Green Brick Partners currently has a consensus target price of $52.00, indicating a potential downside of 6.66%. Given Green Brick Partners’ higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Green Brick Partners is more favorable than Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações.

Summary

Green Brick Partners beats Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Green Brick Partners

Green Brick Partners, Inc (NYSE: GRBK), the third largest homebuilder in Dallas-Fort Worth, is a diversified homebuilding and land development company that operates in Texas, Georgia, and Florida. Green Brick owns five subsidiary homebuilders in Texas (CB JENI Homes, Normandy Homes, Southgate Homes, Trophy Signature Homes, and a 90% interest in Centre Living Homes), as well as a controlling interest in a homebuilder in Atlanta, Georgia (The Providence Group) and an 80% interest in a homebuilder in Port St. Lucie, Florida (GHO Homes). Green Brick also retains interests in related financial services platforms, including Green Brick Title and BHome Mortgage. The Company is engaged in all aspects of the homebuilding process, including land acquisition and development, entitlements, design, construction, marketing, and sales for its residential neighborhoods and master-planned communities.

About Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações

Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações develops, constructs, and sells residential properties in Brazil. It is also involved in the provision of construction management and technical consultancy services related to real estate. The company was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.