Analyzing Bellway (OTC:BLWYY) & Broad Street Realty (OTCMKTS:BRST)

Bellway (OTC:BLWYY) and Broad Street Realty (OTCMKTS:BRST) are both construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Volatility & Risk

Bellway has a beta of 0.12, meaning that its share price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Broad Street Realty has a beta of 3.12, meaning that its share price is 212% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Bellway and Broad Street Realty’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bellway	N/A	N/A	N/A
Broad Street Realty	-49.69%	-373.96%	-5.72%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Bellway and Broad Street Realty, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bellway	0	0	0	1	4.00
Broad Street Realty	0	0	0	0	0.00

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Bellway and Broad Street Realty”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bellway	$3.00 billion	1.25	$164.33 million	N/A	N/A
Broad Street Realty	$42.17 million	0.02	-$3.09 million	($0.89)	-0.02

Bellway has higher revenue and earnings than Broad Street Realty.

Summary

Bellway beats Broad Street Realty on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Bellway

Bellway p.l.c., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the home building business in the United Kingdom. The company builds and sells homes ranging from one-bedroom apartments to six-bedroom family homes, as well as provides homes to housing associations for social housing. It offers homes under Bellway, Ashberry, and Bellway London brands. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Newcastle upon Tyne, the United Kingdom.

About Broad Street Realty

Broad Street Realty, Inc. owns, operates, develops, and redevelops grocery-anchored shopping centers, street retail-based properties, and mixed-use assets in the Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, and Colorado. The company provides commercial real estate brokerage services for owned and third-party offices, and industrial and retail operators and tenants, as well as leases its properties. It also offers oversight of day-to-day operations, coordination, tenant improvements, and building services; and real estate management and engineering services to property owners, as well as provides tenant representation, property and asset management, construction-related services, real estate sales and acquisition, and other financing services. Broad Street Realty, Inc. is based in Reston, Virginia.