Safe and Green Development (SGD) versus Its Competitors Head-To-Head Review

Safe and Green Development (NASDAQ:SGD) is one of 31 public companies in the “REAL ESTATE DEV” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Safe and Green Development to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk and dividends.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

2.6% of Safe and Green Development shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.7% of shares of all “REAL ESTATE DEV” companies are held by institutional investors. 14.3% of Safe and Green Development shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 35.7% of shares of all “REAL ESTATE DEV” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Safe and Green Development and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Safe and Green Development	1	0	0	0	1.00
Safe and Green Development Competitors	169	644	287	11	2.13

As a group, “REAL ESTATE DEV” companies have a potential upside of 25.05%. Given Safe and Green Development’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Safe and Green Development has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Safe and Green Development and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Safe and Green Development	-766.20%	-741.44%	-60.41%
Safe and Green Development Competitors	-41.60%	-41.72%	-1.39%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Safe and Green Development and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Safe and Green Development	$210,000.00	-$8.91 million	-0.17
Safe and Green Development Competitors	$19.50 billion	-$81.10 million	5.56

Safe and Green Development’s peers have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Safe and Green Development. Safe and Green Development is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Volatility and Risk

Safe and Green Development has a beta of 3.59, meaning that its share price is 259% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Safe and Green Development’s peers have a beta of -6.48, meaning that their average share price is 748% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Safe and Green Development peers beat Safe and Green Development on 11 of the 13 factors compared.

About Safe and Green Development

Safe and Green Development Corporation operates as a real estate development company. It focuses on building single and multifamily projects. The company was formerly known as SGB Development Corp. and changed its name to Safe and Green Development Corporation in December 2022. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is based in Miami, Florida. Safe and Green Development Corporation is a subsidiary of Safe & Green Holdings Corp.