Financial Survey: Adler Group (OTCMKTS:ADPPF) vs. St. Joe (NYSE:JOE)

St. Joe (NYSE:JOE) and Adler Group (OTCMKTS:ADPPF) are both real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

86.7% of St. Joe shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of St. Joe shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares St. Joe and Adler Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
St. Joe	$513.20 million	7.53	$115.63 million	$2.14	31.70
Adler Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

St. Joe has higher revenue and earnings than Adler Group.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for St. Joe and Adler Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
St. Joe	0	0	1	0	3.00
Adler Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

Profitability

This table compares St. Joe and Adler Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
St. Joe	22.45%	15.90%	8.09%
Adler Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

St. Joe beats Adler Group on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About St. Joe

The St. Joe Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a real estate development, asset management, and operating company in Northwest Florida. It operates through three segments: Residential, Hospitality, and Commercial. The Residential segment engages in the development of communities into homesites for sale to homebuilders and on a limited basis to retail customers. This segment primarily sells developed homesites, completed homes, parcels of entitled or undeveloped land or homesites, and a homesite residual on homebuilder, as well as offers title insurance and marketing services. The Hospitality segment owns and operates a private membership club, golf courses, beach clubs, retail outlets, marinas, and other entertainment assets. This segment also engages in the hotel, food and beverage, and gulf-front vacation rental operations, as well as provides management services. The Commercial segment engages in leasing of commercial property, multi-family, a senior living community, and other assets. This segment is also involved in the planning, development, entitlement, management, and sale of commercial and rural land holdings for retail, office, hotel, senior living, multi-family, self-storage, and industrial uses; and grows and sells pulpwood, sawtimber, and other forest products. The company was incorporated in 1936 and is based in Panama City Beach, Florida.

About Adler Group

Adler Group S.A. engages in the purchase, management, and development of multifamily residential real estate properties in Germany. It operates through Residential Property Management, Adler RE, Consus, and Privatization segments. The company is involved in the rental and management of residential properties, including modernization and maintenance of residential properties, management of tenancy agreements, and marketing of residential units, as well as It also engages in holding, operating, and selling commercial units; and the modernization, maintenance, real estate investment, development of middle income houses, and management of non-vacant units. The company was formerly known as ADO Properties S.A. and changed its name to Adler Group S.A. in September 2020. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Luxembourg, Luxembourg.