Financial Comparison: Alset (NASDAQ:AEI) and Scully Royalty (NYSE:SRL)

Alset (NASDAQ:AEI) and Scully Royalty (NYSE:SRL) are both small-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, earnings, risk and dividends.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

2.7% of Alset shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.0% of Scully Royalty shares are held by institutional investors. 90.3% of Alset shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Scully Royalty shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Alset and Scully Royalty, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alset	1	0	0	0	1.00
Scully Royalty	1	0	0	0	1.00

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Alset and Scully Royalty”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alset	$4.47 million	9.27	-$47.42 million	($2.19)	-0.49
Scully Royalty	$35.77 million	2.12	-$15.02 million	N/A	N/A

Scully Royalty has higher revenue and earnings than Alset.

Risk & Volatility

Alset has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Scully Royalty has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Alset and Scully Royalty’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alset	-994.62%	-34.67%	-33.32%
Scully Royalty	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Scully Royalty beats Alset on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Alset

Alset Inc. engages in the real estate development, financial services, digital transformation technologies, biohealth activities, and consumer products businesses in the United States, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, and South Korea. It operates through four segments: Real Estate, Digital Transformation Technology, Biohealth, and Other Business Activities segments. The Real Estate segment develops property projects and participates in third-party property development projects; and owns, operates, and manages real estate development projects with a focus on land subdivision developments and house rental projects. Its Digital Transformation Technology segment provides support, implementation, and development services with various technologies, including blockchain, e-commerce, social media, and artificial intelligent customer service application and metaverse services. Its technology platform focuses on business-to-business solutions, such as communications and workflow through instant messaging systems, social media, e-commerce and payment systems, direct marketing platforms, e-real estate, brand protection, and counterfeit and fraud detection; and mobile application product development and other businesses, including information technology services to end-users, service providers, and other commercial users through multiple platforms. The Biohealth segment engages in developing, researching, testing, manufacturing, licensing, and distributing biohealth products and services. Its Other Business Activities segment offers corporate strategy and business development, asset management, corporate restructuring, and leveraged buy-out expertise services. It operates cafes in Singapore and South Korea. The company was formerly known as Alset EHome International Inc. and changed its name to Alset Inc. in October 2022. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.

About Scully Royalty

Scully Royalty Ltd. operates as an iron ore mining company in the Americas, Africa, Canada, Asia, and Europe. It operates through three segments: Royalty, Industrial, and Merchant Banking. The company holds royalty interest in the Scully iron ore mine located in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It also engages in manufacturing, and medical supplies and services industries. In addition, the company offers merchant banking and financial services to small and medium sized enterprises; operates projects in resources and services; and holds two industrial real estate parks. Scully Royalty Ltd. was formerly known as MFC Bancorp Ltd. and changed its name to Scully Royalty Ltd. in June 2019. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China.