Head-To-Head Analysis: Douglas Elliman (NYSE:DOUG) versus FRP (NASDAQ:FRPH)

Insider & Institutional Ownership

59.6% of Douglas Elliman shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.4% of FRP shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.8% of Douglas Elliman shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.1% of FRP shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Douglas Elliman has a beta of 1.77, indicating that its stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FRP has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Douglas Elliman and FRP”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Douglas Elliman	$995.63 million	0.25	-$76.32 million	($0.74)	-3.86
FRP	$41.77 million	11.22	$6.39 million	$0.28	87.57

FRP has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Douglas Elliman. Douglas Elliman is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FRP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Douglas Elliman	-5.98%	-7.11%	-2.27%
FRP	12.59%	1.15%	0.74%

Summary

FRP beats Douglas Elliman on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About FRP

FRP Holdings, Inc. engages in the real estate business in the United States. It operates through four segments: Industrial and Commercial, Mining Royalty Lands, Development, and Multifamily. The Industrial and Commercial segment owns, leases, and manages commercial properties. The Mining Royalty Lands segment leases and manages mining royalties owned by the company primarily in Florida, Georgia, and Virginia. The Development segment owns and monitors the use of parcels of land that are in various stages of development; and acquires, constructs, and develops primarily for apartment, retail, warehouse, and office buildings. The Multifamily segment owns, leases, and manages buildings through joint ventures. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Jacksonville, Florida.