Reviewing Shangri-La Asia (OTCMKTS:SHALY) & Soho House & Co Inc. (NYSE:SHCO)

Soho House & Co Inc. (NYSE:SHCO) and Shangri-La Asia (OTCMKTS:SHALY) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

62.4% of Soho House & Co Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. 74.7% of Soho House & Co Inc. shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Soho House & Co Inc. and Shangri-La Asia, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Soho House & Co Inc.	0	2	1	1	2.75
Shangri-La Asia	0	0	0	0	0.00

Soho House & Co Inc. presently has a consensus target price of $7.25, suggesting a potential downside of 17.85%. Given Soho House & Co Inc.’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Soho House & Co Inc. is more favorable than Shangri-La Asia.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Soho House & Co Inc. and Shangri-La Asia”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Soho House & Co Inc.	$1.20 billion	1.43	-$162.97 million	($0.30)	-29.42
Shangri-La Asia	$2.19 billion	N/A	$161.39 million	N/A	N/A

Shangri-La Asia has higher revenue and earnings than Soho House & Co Inc..

Profitability

This table compares Soho House & Co Inc. and Shangri-La Asia’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Soho House & Co Inc.	-4.67%	-4.02%	0.51%
Shangri-La Asia	N/A	N/A	N/A

Risk & Volatility

Soho House & Co Inc. has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shangri-La Asia has a beta of -0.11, meaning that its stock price is 111% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Soho House & Co Inc. beats Shangri-La Asia on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Soho House & Co Inc.

Soho House & Co., Inc. is a holding company, which offers global membership platform of physical and digital spaces. It operates through the following segments: UK, North America, Europe and Rest of the World, and All Other. The company was founded by Nicholas Keith Arthur Jones in 1995 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

About Shangri-La Asia

Shangri-La Asia Limited, an investment holding company, develops, owns/leases, operates, and manages hotels and associated properties worldwide. It operates through Hotel Properties, Hotel Management and Related Services, Investment Properties, and Property Development for Sale segments. The company develops, owns, and operates office and commercial properties, and serviced apartments/residences; and operates restaurants and amusement parks. In addition, it is involved in the hotel ownership and management, and property rental and sale business; property investment; and develop and sale real estate, as well as retail and wines trading activities. The company operates hotels under the Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, Kerry Hotels, JEN by Shangri-La, Traders Hotel, Rasa, Summer Palace, and Shang Palace, as well as CHI, The Spa at Shangri-La brand names. Shangri-La Asia Limited was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong.