LEG Immobilien (OTCMKTS:LEGIF) versus Douglas Elliman (NYSE:DOUG) Critical Contrast

LEG Immobilien (OTCMKTS:LEGIF) and Douglas Elliman (NYSE:DOUG) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares LEG Immobilien and Douglas Elliman”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LEG Immobilien	$1.41 billion	N/A	$71.42 million	$14.87	5.08
Douglas Elliman	$1.03 billion	0.19	-$76.32 million	($0.70)	-3.16

LEG Immobilien has higher revenue and earnings than Douglas Elliman. Douglas Elliman is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LEG Immobilien, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk and Volatility

LEG Immobilien has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Douglas Elliman has a beta of 1.76, meaning that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

59.6% of Douglas Elliman shares are held by institutional investors. 6.8% of Douglas Elliman shares are held by 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for LEG Immobilien and Douglas Elliman, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LEG Immobilien	0	1	1	0	2.50
Douglas Elliman	1	0	0	0	1.00

Profitability

This table compares LEG Immobilien and Douglas Elliman’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LEG Immobilien	102.58%	14.62%	5.65%
Douglas Elliman	-5.76%	-3.19%	-0.93%

Summary

LEG Immobilien beats Douglas Elliman on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About LEG Immobilien

LEG Immobilien SE, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated property company in Germany. The company engages in the performance of services and management of equity investments; property management and location development; performance of services for third parties and housing industry services; and generation of electricity and heat activities. It also provides information technology (IT) services for third parties; and management services for third-party properties. The company's property portfolio consisted of residential units; commercial units; and garages and parking spaces in North Rhine-Westphalia. LEG Immobilien SE was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany.

About Douglas Elliman

Douglas Elliman Inc. owns Douglas Elliman Realty, LLC, operating as a residential brokerage company in the United States with operations in New York, Florida, California, Texas, Colorado, Nevada, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. In addition, Douglas Elliman sources, uses and invests in early-stage, disruptive property technology (“PropTech”) solutions and companies and provides other real estate services, including development marketing, property management and settlement and escrow services in select markets.