Douglas Elliman Inc. (DOUG) vs Rafael Holdings, Inc. (RFL)

Douglas Elliman Inc. and Rafael Holdings, Inc. are both Real Estate Services companies. Douglas Elliman Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $139.1M against $99.3M — 1.4× the size. Rafael Holdings, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Douglas Elliman Inc. trades at 6.0×. Rafael Holdings, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 33.9% against −2.74%. Douglas Elliman Inc. has the higher net margin (2.40% vs −3,321.7%) and the higher return on invested capital (36.5% vs −44.7%). Across the 18 metrics below, Douglas Elliman Inc. leads on 15 and Rafael Holdings, Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric DOUG RFL Real Estate Services median
P/E 6.04 n/m 16.25
P/S 0.13 101.41 1.12
P/B 0.81 1.23 1.32
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 13.29
EV/EBITDA 2.10 n/m 10.22
EV/Sales 0.09 70.92 1.16
Earnings yield 16.56% (35.05%) 0.99%
Free cash flow yield (13.87%) (32.13%) (0.97%)

Profitability

Metric DOUG RFL Real Estate Services median
Gross margin 23.22% 95.10% 26.81%
Operating margin 3.52% (3,717.24%) 0.00%
Net margin 2.40% (3,321.73%) 0.11%
Free cash flow margin (1.86%) (3,256.94%) 0.00%
Return on equity 15.86% (39.38%) 0.94%
Return on assets 5.18% (32.54%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 36.45% (44.72%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric DOUG RFL Real Estate Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) (2.74%) 33.88% 4.33%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 118.68% 28.28% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.94% (28.51%) 4.05%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric DOUG RFL Real Estate Services median
Debt to equity 0.03 0.01 0.08
Current ratio 9.09 3.16 1.95
Net debt to EBITDA (2.23) 1.99 0.54

Dividend

Metric DOUG RFL Real Estate Services median
Dividend yield 2.78% — 1.33%
Payout ratio 0.38 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric DOUG RFL Real Estate Services median
Market cap 139.06m 99.34m 218.52m

Compare with another peer

Any metric, up to five companies and an Excel export Powerpack