Head to Head Contrast: Highlands REIT (HHDS) & Its Competitors

Highlands REIT (OTCMKTS:HHDS) is one of 287 publicly-traded companies in the “Real estate investment trusts” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Highlands REIT to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares Highlands REIT and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Highlands REIT	-33.24%	-4.51%	-3.04%
Highlands REIT Competitors	-1.04%	-2.60%	1.16%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.0% of Highlands REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.1% of shares of all “Real estate investment trusts” companies are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Highlands REIT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of shares of all “Real estate investment trusts” companies 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 and Earnings

This table compares Highlands REIT and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Highlands REIT	$30.98 million	-$10.30 million	-9.00
Highlands REIT Competitors	$1.01 billion	$123.12 million	21.75

Highlands REIT’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Highlands REIT. Highlands REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Risk and Volatility

Highlands REIT has a beta of 26.66, suggesting that its share price is 2,566% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Highlands REIT’s rivals have a beta of 1.24, suggesting that their average share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Highlands REIT and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Highlands REIT	0	0	0	0	N/A
Highlands REIT Competitors	3666	13536	13843	335	2.35

As a group, “Real estate investment trusts” companies have a potential upside of 22.47%. Given Highlands REIT’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Highlands REIT has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Summary

Highlands REIT rivals beat Highlands REIT on 9 of the 10 factors compared.

About Highlands REIT

We are a self-advised and self-administered real estate investment trust (REIT) created to own and manage substantially all of the non-core investment properties previously owned and managed by our former parent, InvenTrust Properties Corp., a Maryland corporation (InvenTrust). On April 28, 2016, we were spun-off from InvenTrust through a pro rata distribution (the Distribution) by InvenTrust of 100% of the outstanding shares of our common stock to holders of InvenTrust's common stock. Prior to or concurrent with the separation, we and InvenTrust engaged in certain reorganization transactions that were designed to consolidate substantially all of InvenTrust's remaining non-core investment properties in Highlands.