Analyzing Shangri-La Asia (OTCMKTS:SHALY) and Civeo (NYSE:CVEO)

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

Volatility and Risk

Shangri-La Asia has a beta of -0.11, suggesting that its share price is 111% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Civeo has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

81.4% of Civeo shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of Civeo shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Shangri-La Asia and Civeo, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Shangri-La Asia	0	0	0	0	0.00
Civeo	0	0	1	0	3.00

Civeo has a consensus target price of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.57%. Given Civeo’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Civeo is more favorable than Shangri-La Asia.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Shangri-La Asia and Civeo”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Shangri-La Asia	$2.19 billion	N/A	$161.39 million	N/A	N/A
Civeo	$682.12 million	0.42	-$17.07 million	($2.43)	-9.45

Shangri-La Asia has higher revenue and earnings than Civeo.

Profitability

This table compares Shangri-La Asia and Civeo’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shangri-La Asia	N/A	N/A	N/A
Civeo	-5.25%	-12.76%	-6.69%

Summary

Civeo beats Shangri-La Asia on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Civeo

Civeo Corporation provides hospitality services to the natural resource industry in Canada, Australia, and the United States. The company develops lodges and villages; and mobile assets, including modular, skid-mounted accommodation, and central facilities that provide short to medium-term accommodation needs. It offers food, housekeeping, and maintenance services, as well as laundry, facility management and maintenance, water and wastewater treatment, power generation, communication systems, security, and logistics services, and camp management services. In addition, the company provides development activities for workforce accommodation facilities, including site selection, permitting, engineering and design, manufacturing management, and site construction services, as well as lodging and catering services. It serves oil, mining, engineering, and oilfield and mining service companies. Civeo Corporation was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.