Reviewing Green Brick Partners (NASDAQ:GRBK) and LRR Energy (NASDAQ:LRE)

Green Brick Partners (NASDAQ:GRBK) and LRR Energy (NASDAQ:LRE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares Green Brick Partners and LRR Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Green Brick Partners	17.70%	25.35%	17.29%
LRR Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional and Insider Ownership

78.2% of Green Brick Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.7% of Green Brick Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Green Brick Partners and LRR Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Green Brick Partners	0	2	0	0	2.00
LRR Energy	1	0	0	0	1.00

Green Brick Partners presently has a consensus target price of $62.00, indicating a potential downside of 10.30%. Given Green Brick Partners’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Green Brick Partners is more favorable than LRR Energy.

Risk & Volatility

Green Brick Partners has a beta of 1.99, meaning that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LRR Energy has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Green Brick Partners and LRR Energy”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Green Brick Partners	$2.10 billion	1.42	$284.63 million	$7.07	9.78
LRR Energy	$126.97 million	0.15	$5.67 million	N/A	N/A

Green Brick Partners has higher revenue and earnings than LRR Energy.

Summary

Green Brick Partners beats LRR Energy on 11 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Green Brick Partners

Green Brick Partners, Inc. is a diversified homebuilding and land development company in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Builder operations Central, Builder operations Southeast, and Land Development. The Builder operations Central segment operates builders in Texas; and the closing and delivery of homes. The Builder operations Southeast operates builders in Georgia and Florida. The Land Development segment acquires land for the development of residential lots that are transferred to our controlled builders or sold to third party homebuilders. It also provides financial services platform, including mortgage and title services. In addition, the company is engaged in all aspects of the homebuilding process, including land acquisition and development, entitlements, design, construction, marketing, and sales for its residential neighborhoods and master-planned communities. Green Brick Partners, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Plano, Texas.

About LRR Energy

LRR Energy, L.P. (LRR Energy) operates, acquires, exploits and develops producing oil and natural gas properties in North America. The Company’s properties consist of onshore oil and natural gas properties. Its oil and natural gas properties include the Permian Basin region in West Texas and Southeast New Mexico, the Mid-Continent region in Oklahoma and East Texas, and the Gulf Coast region in Texas. As of December 31, 2014, the Company’s total estimated proved reserves were approximately 33.8 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMBoe), of which approximately 88% were proved developed reserves (approximately 73% proved developed producing and approximately 15% proved developed non-producing). The Company’s general partner is LRE GP, LLC.