Agile Property (OTCMKTS:AGPYY) and LGI Homes (NASDAQ:LGIH) Head-To-Head Comparison

Agile Property (OTCMKTS:AGPYY) and LGI Homes (NASDAQ:LGIH) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Agile Property and LGI Homes, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Agile Property	0	0	0	0	0.00
LGI Homes	2	2	2	0	2.00

LGI Homes has a consensus target price of $72.13, suggesting a potential upside of 53.23%. Given LGI Homes’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe LGI Homes is more favorable than Agile Property.

Profitability

This table compares Agile Property and LGI Homes’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Agile Property	N/A	N/A	N/A
LGI Homes	7.63%	8.00%	4.21%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

84.9% of LGI Homes shares are held by institutional investors. 12.3% of LGI Homes shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Agile Property and LGI Homes”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Agile Property	$6.03 billion	N/A	-$2.25 billion	N/A	N/A
LGI Homes	$2.04 billion	0.53	$196.07 million	$6.63	7.10

LGI Homes has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Agile Property.

Risk and Volatility

Agile Property has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LGI Homes has a beta of 1.77, meaning that its stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

LGI Homes beats Agile Property on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Agile Property

Agile Group Holdings Limited, an investment holding company, engages in the property development, property management, and other businesses in the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, and internationally. The company develops and sells properties; provides property construction, ecological landscaping, and home and decoration, environmental protection, and commercial management services. It also engages in city sanitation, and cleaning services, as well as hotel operation and property investment. In addition, the company operates ecological industrial park; offers hazardous industrial waste treatment, and waste water treatment. The company was formerly known as Agile Property Holdings Limited and changed its name to Agile Group Holdings Limited in July 2016. Agile Group Holdings Limited was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Guangzhou, the People's Republic of China. Agile Group Holdings Limited is a subsidiary of Top Coast Investment Limited.

About LGI Homes

LGI Homes, Inc. designs, constructs, and sells homes. It offers entry-level homes, such as attached and detached homes, and active adult homes under the LGI Homes brand name; and luxury series homes under the Terrata Homes brand name. The company also engages in the wholesale business, which include building and selling homes to large institutions looking to acquire single-family rental properties. It serves customers in Texas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, New Mexico, Colorado, North Carolina, South Carolina, Washington, Tennessee, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Alabama, California, Oregon, Nevada, West Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Utah. LGI Homes, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.