Green Brick Partners (NASDAQ:GRBK) and Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações (OTCMKTS:CYRBY) Critical Survey

Green Brick Partners (NASDAQ:GRBK) and Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações (OTCMKTS:CYRBY) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Green Brick Partners and Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações’ top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Green Brick Partners	$1.78 billion	1.35	$284.63 million	$6.14	8.68
Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações	$888.00 million	N/A	$169.36 million	N/A	N/A

Green Brick Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações.

Profitability

This table compares Green Brick Partners and Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Green Brick Partners	16.01%	24.19%	15.70%
Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility and Risk

Green Brick Partners has a beta of 1.71, indicating that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Green Brick Partners and Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Green Brick Partners	0	2	0	0	2.00
Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações	0	0	0	0	N/A

Green Brick Partners currently has a consensus price target of $52.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.38%. Given Green Brick Partners’ higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Green Brick Partners is more favorable than Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

78.2% of Green Brick Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 44.4% of Green Brick Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Green Brick Partners beats Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Green Brick Partners

Green Brick Partners, Inc (NYSE: GRBK), the third largest homebuilder in Dallas-Fort Worth, is a diversified homebuilding and land development company that operates in Texas, Georgia, and Florida. Green Brick owns five subsidiary homebuilders in Texas (CB JENI Homes, Normandy Homes, Southgate Homes, Trophy Signature Homes, and a 90% interest in Centre Living Homes), as well as a controlling interest in a homebuilder in Atlanta, Georgia (The Providence Group) and an 80% interest in a homebuilder in Port St. Lucie, Florida (GHO Homes). Green Brick also retains interests in related financial services platforms, including Green Brick Title and BHome Mortgage. The Company is engaged in all aspects of the homebuilding process, including land acquisition and development, entitlements, design, construction, marketing, and sales for its residential neighborhoods and master-planned communities.

About Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações

Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações develops, constructs, and sells residential properties in Brazil. It is also involved in the provision of construction management and technical consultancy services related to real estate. The company was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.