American Realty Investors, Inc. (ARL) vs Comstock Holding Companies, Inc. (CHCI)

American Realty Investors, Inc. and Comstock Holding Companies, Inc. are both Real Estate Services companies. American Realty Investors, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $254.2M against $199.5M — 1.3× the size. Comstock Holding Companies, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 7.9× against 31.2×. Comstock Holding Companies, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 39.2% against 6.77%. Comstock Holding Companies, Inc. has the higher net margin (32.2% vs 16.4%) and the higher return on invested capital (18.6% vs −0.62%). Across the 21 metrics below, Comstock Holding Companies, Inc. leads on 18 and American Realty Investors, Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric ARL CHCI Real Estate Services median
P/E 31.17 7.92 16.25
P/S 5.13 2.57 1.12
P/B 0.32 2.44 1.32
Price to free cash flow n/m 22.37 13.29
EV/EBITDA 82.07 10.63 10.22
EV/Sales 7.53 2.32 1.16
Earnings yield 3.21% 12.62% 0.99%
Free cash flow yield (0.93%) 4.47% (0.97%)

Profitability

Metric ARL CHCI Real Estate Services median
Gross margin 39.51% 26.81% 26.81%
Operating margin (18.30%) 21.48% 0.00%
Net margin 16.36% 32.16% 0.11%
Free cash flow margin (4.74%) 11.47% 0.00%
Return on equity 1.03% 36.37% 0.94%
Return on assets 0.77% 31.57% 0.00%
Return on invested capital (0.62%) 18.57% 0.00%

Growth

Metric ARL CHCI Real Estate Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 6.77% 39.20% 4.33%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 206.59% 15.60% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (3.26%) 22.83% 4.05%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 11.70% 52.28% 0.00%

Health

Metric ARL CHCI Real Estate Services median
Debt to equity 0.27 0.00 0.08
Current ratio 6.98 7.67 1.95
Net debt to EBITDA 17.73 (2.56) 0.54

Dividend

Metric ARL CHCI Real Estate Services median
Dividend yield — 4.91% 1.33%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric ARL CHCI Real Estate Services median
Market cap 254.23m 199.47m 218.52m

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