Contrasting Newmark Group (NASDAQ:NMRK) & J. W. Mays (NASDAQ:MAYS)

J. W. Mays (NASDAQ:MAYS) and Newmark Group (NASDAQ:NMRK) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for J. W. Mays and Newmark Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
J. W. Mays	1	0	0	0	1.00
Newmark Group	0	2	7	1	2.90

Newmark Group has a consensus price target of $18.29, suggesting a potential upside of 3.60%. Given Newmark Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Newmark Group is more favorable than J. W. Mays.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

3.2% of J. W. Mays shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.4% of Newmark Group shares are held by institutional investors. 40.8% of J. W. Mays shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Newmark Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares J. W. Mays and Newmark Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
J. W. Mays	-2.24%	-0.94%	-0.56%
Newmark Group	3.26%	23.69%	7.20%

Volatility & Risk

J. W. Mays has a beta of 0.03, suggesting that its stock price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Newmark Group has a beta of 1.92, suggesting that its stock price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares J. W. Mays and Newmark Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
J. W. Mays	$22.47 million	3.49	-$140,000.00	($0.26)	-149.50
Newmark Group	$2.75 billion	1.16	$61.23 million	$0.57	30.96

Newmark Group has higher revenue and earnings than J. W. Mays. J. W. Mays is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Newmark Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Newmark Group beats J. W. Mays on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About J. W. Mays

J.W. Mays, Inc. owns, operates, and leases commercial real estate properties in United States. The company's properties are located in Brooklyn, Jamaica, Fishkill, Levittown, and Massapequa of New York; and Circleville of Ohio. The company was founded in 1924 and is based in Brooklyn, New York.

About Newmark Group

Newmark Group, Inc. provides commercial real estate services in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company offers capital markets consisting of investment sales and commercial mortgage brokerage; landlord or agency representation leasing; valuation and advisory; property management; commercial real estate technology platform and capabilities; the United Kingdom business rates services; due diligence, consulting, and other advisory services; GSEs and the Federal Housing Administration lending services comprising multifamily lending and loan servicing; asset management; and flexible workspace solutions for owners. It also provides tenant representation leasing; and global corporate services consisting of workplace and occupancy strategy, energy and sustainability services, technology, project management, real estate and lease administration, and facilities management. The company offers its services to commercial real estate tenants, investors, owners, occupiers, and developers; lenders; small and medium size businesses; and multi-national corporations. The company was formerly known as Newmark Grubb Knight Frank Capital Group and changed its name to Newmark Group, Inc. in October 2017. Newmark Group, Inc. was founded in 1929 and is based in New York, New York. Newmark Group, Inc.operates is a subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.