Transcontinental Realty Investors (TCI) and Its Peers Head to Head Review

Transcontinental Realty Investors (NYSE:TCI) is one of 329 public companies in the “Real Estate Management & Development” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Transcontinental Realty Investors to related businesses based on the strength of its profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Transcontinental Realty Investors and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Transcontinental Realty Investors	1	0	0	0	1.00
Transcontinental Realty Investors Competitors	1579	4684	7440	207	2.45

As a group, “Real Estate Management & Development” companies have a potential upside of 21.34%. Given Transcontinental Realty Investors’ peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Transcontinental Realty Investors has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Risk & Volatility

Transcontinental Realty Investors has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Transcontinental Realty Investors’ peers have a beta of -0.22, suggesting that their average stock price is 122% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Transcontinental Realty Investors and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Transcontinental Realty Investors	16.08%	-0.17%	-0.13%
Transcontinental Realty Investors Competitors	-263.80%	-682.73%	-1.07%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

32.5% of shares of all “Real Estate Management & Development” companies are held by institutional investors. 86.2% of Transcontinental Realty Investors shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.1% of shares of all “Real Estate Management & Development” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Transcontinental Realty Investors and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Transcontinental Realty Investors	$49.06 million	$13.80 million	54.10
Transcontinental Realty Investors Competitors	$6.71 billion	-$400.32 million	9.93

Transcontinental Realty Investors’ peers have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Transcontinental Realty Investors. Transcontinental Realty Investors is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Transcontinental Realty Investors beats its peers on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

Transcontinental Realty Investors Company Profile

Transcontinental Realty Investors, Inc., a Dallas-based real estate investment company, holds a diverse portfolio of equity real estate located across the U.S., including office buildings, apartments, shopping centers, and developed and undeveloped land. The Company invests in real estate through direct ownership, leases and partnerships and invests in mortgage loans on real estate. The Company also holds mortgage receivables.