Douglas Elliman (NYSE:DOUG) and Agile Property (OTCMKTS:AGPYY) Financial Comparison

Agile Property (OTCMKTS:AGPYY) and Douglas Elliman (NYSE:DOUG) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

59.6% of Douglas Elliman shares are held by institutional investors. 9.6% of Douglas Elliman shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Agile Property and Douglas Elliman”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Agile Property	$3.88 billion	0.03	-$2.99 billion	N/A	N/A
Douglas Elliman	$1.03 billion	0.16	$15.22 million	($0.07)	-25.21

Douglas Elliman has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Agile Property.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Agile Property and Douglas Elliman, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Agile Property	0	0	0	0	0.00
Douglas Elliman	1	0	0	0	1.00

Volatility and Risk

Agile Property has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Douglas Elliman has a beta of 1.86, indicating that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Agile Property and Douglas Elliman’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Agile Property	N/A	N/A	N/A
Douglas Elliman	0.50%	-20.59%	-6.72%

Summary

Douglas Elliman beats Agile Property on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Agile Property

Agile Group Holdings Limited, an investment holding company, engages in the property development, property management, and other businesses in the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, and internationally. The company develops and sells properties; provides property construction, ecological landscaping, and home and decoration, environmental protection, and commercial management services. It also engages in city sanitation, and cleaning services, as well as hotel operation and property investment. In addition, the company operates ecological industrial park; offers hazardous industrial waste treatment, and waste water treatment. The company was formerly known as Agile Property Holdings Limited and changed its name to Agile Group Holdings Limited in July 2016. Agile Group Holdings Limited was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Guangzhou, the People's Republic of China. Agile Group Holdings Limited is a subsidiary of Top Coast Investment Limited.

About Douglas Elliman

Douglas Elliman Inc. owns Douglas Elliman Realty, LLC, operating as a residential brokerage company in the United States with operations in New York, Florida, California, Texas, Colorado, Nevada, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. In addition, Douglas Elliman sources, uses and invests in early-stage, disruptive property technology (“PropTech”) solutions and companies and provides other real estate services, including development marketing, property management and settlement and escrow services in select markets.