Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE:JLL – Get Free Report) and Cyrela Brazil Realty (OTCMKTS:CYRBY – Get Free Report) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and valuation.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
94.8% of Jones Lang LaSalle shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Jones Lang LaSalle shares are held 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.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Jones Lang LaSalle and Cyrela Brazil Realty”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Jones Lang LaSalle | $26.12 billion | 0.54 | $792.10 million | $20.87 | 14.70 |
| Cyrela Brazil Realty | $1.69 billion | 1.24 | $359.41 million | $0.94 | 5.81 |
Jones Lang LaSalle has higher revenue and earnings than Cyrela Brazil Realty. Cyrela Brazil Realty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Jones Lang LaSalle, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk & Volatility
Jones Lang LaSalle has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cyrela Brazil Realty has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Jones Lang LaSalle and Cyrela Brazil Realty’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Jones Lang LaSalle | 3.64% | 13.99% | 5.96% |
| Cyrela Brazil Realty | 20.58% | 17.27% | 7.75% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Jones Lang LaSalle and Cyrela Brazil Realty, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Jones Lang LaSalle | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2.75 |
| Cyrela Brazil Realty | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
Jones Lang LaSalle currently has a consensus target price of $433.60, suggesting a potential upside of 41.36%. Given Jones Lang LaSalle’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Jones Lang LaSalle is more favorable than Cyrela Brazil Realty.
Summary
Jones Lang LaSalle beats Cyrela Brazil Realty on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Jones Lang LaSalle
Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated operates as a commercial real estate and investment management company. It engages in the buying, building, occupying, managing, and investing in a commercial, industrial, hotel, residential, and retail properties in Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company offers a range of real estate services, including agency leasing, tenant representation, property management, advisory, and consulting services; and capital market services, such as equity and debt advisory, loan sales, equity advisory, loan servicing, merger and acquisition, corporate advisory, and investment sales and advisory services. It also provides on-site management services for office, industrial, retail, multifamily residential, and various other properties; integrated facilities management services; designing, building, management, and consulting services to tenants of leased space, owners in self-occupied buildings, and owners of real estate investments; and advisory, consulting, valuation, and energy and sustainability services. In addition, the company offers investment management services to institutional and retail investors, including high-net-worth individuals. It provides its services to real estate owners, occupiers, investors, and developers for various property types, including critical environments and data centers, offices, industrial and warehouses, residential properties, infrastructure projects, retail and shopping malls, logistics, and military housing and transportation centers; and hotels and hospitality, cultural, educational, government, healthcare and laboratory, and sports facilities. The company was formerly known as LaSalle Partners Incorporated and changed its name to Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated in March 1999. Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
About Cyrela Brazil Realty
Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações develops and constructs residential properties in Brazil. It also provides real estate services, such as construction management and technical consultancy services. The company was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.
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