Analyzing Sino Land (OTCMKTS:SNLAY) and Kennedy-Wilson (NYSE:KW)

Kennedy-Wilson (NYSE:KW) and Sino Land (OTCMKTS:SNLAY) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Volatility & Risk

Kennedy-Wilson has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sino Land has a beta of 0.33, meaning that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Kennedy-Wilson and Sino Land, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kennedy-Wilson	1	1	0	0	1.50
Sino Land	0	0	1	0	3.00

Kennedy-Wilson currently has a consensus price target of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.73%. Given Kennedy-Wilson’s higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Kennedy-Wilson is more favorable than Sino Land.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Kennedy-Wilson and Sino Land”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kennedy-Wilson	$489.90 million	3.11	$4.70 million	$0.11	99.27
Sino Land	$1.05 billion	11.37	$516.04 million	N/A	N/A

Sino Land has higher revenue and earnings than Kennedy-Wilson.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

87.7% of Kennedy-Wilson shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.3% of Kennedy-Wilson shares are owned by company 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.

Dividends

Kennedy-Wilson pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Sino Land pays an annual dividend of $0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Kennedy-Wilson pays out 436.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Profitability

This table compares Kennedy-Wilson and Sino Land’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kennedy-Wilson	12.08%	23.82%	2.76%
Sino Land	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Kennedy-Wilson beats Sino Land on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Kennedy-Wilson

Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a real estate investment company. The company owns, operates, and invests in real estate both on its own and through its investment management platform. It focuses on multifamily and office properties located in the Western United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, Italy, and Japan. The company had ownership interests in multifamily units, office space, retail and industrial space, and a hotel. It is involved in the development, redevelopment, and entitlement of real estate properties. Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California.

About Sino Land

Sino Land Company Limited, an investment holding company, invests in, develops, manages, and trades in properties. It operates through six segments: Property Sales, Property Rental, Property Management and Other Services, Hotel Operations, Investments in Securities, and Financing. The company's property portfolio includes shopping malls, offices, industrial buildings, residentials and car parks. In addition, it provides cleaning, building construction and management, financing, administration, security, mortgage loan financing, secretarial, management, project management, securities investment, consultancy, and deposit placing services, as well as operates hotels. Further, the company engages in real estate agency and trustee related services. The company operates approximately 19.5 million square feet of attributable floor area in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Sydney. Sino Land Company Limited was incorporated in 1971 and is based in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. The company is a subsidiary of Tsim Sha Tsui Properties Limited.