Contrasting Sino Land (OTCMKTS:SNLAY) and Exp World (NASDAQ:EXPI)

Sino Land (OTCMKTS:SNLAY) and Exp World (NASDAQ:EXPI) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Sino Land and Exp World, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sino Land	0	0	0	0	0.00
Exp World	2	0	1	0	1.67

Exp World has a consensus target price of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.36%. Given Exp World’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Exp World is more favorable than Sino Land.

Volatility & Risk

Sino Land has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exp World has a beta of 1.98, meaning that its share price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

27.2% of Exp World shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.0% of Exp World shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Sino Land and Exp World’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sino Land	N/A	N/A	N/A
Exp World	-0.41%	-6.61%	-3.26%

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sino Land	$1.05 billion	12.11	$516.04 million	N/A	N/A
Exp World	$4.57 billion	0.35	-$21.27 million	($0.12)	-83.08

Sino Land has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Exp World.

Dividends

Sino Land pays an annual dividend of $0.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Exp World pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Exp World pays out -166.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Exp World has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Summary

Exp World beats Sino Land on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Exp World

eXp World Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides cloud-based real estate brokerage services for residential homeowners and homebuyers. The company operates through North American Realty, International Realty, Virbela, and Other Affiliated Services segments. It provides Virbela, a cloud-based technologies that provides data, lead generation, and marketing tools for real estate agents and employees. In addition, the company offers SUCCESS print magazine, SUCCESS.com portal, SUCCESS newsletters, SUCCESS podcasts, SUCCESS plus, SUCCESS speakers bureau, and SUCCESS coaching, podcasts, and digital training courses. It operates in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, India, Mexico, Portugal, France, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Italy, Hong Kong, Colombia, Spain, Israel, Panama, Germany, the Dominican Republic, Greece, New Zealand, Chile, and Poland. The company was formerly known as eXp Realty International Corporation and changed its name to eXp World Holdings, Inc. in May 2016. eXp World Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Bellingham, Washington.