LEG Immobilien (OTCMKTS:LEGIF – Get Free Report) and Altisource Portfolio Solutions (NASDAQ:ASPS – Get Free Report) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for LEG Immobilien and Altisource Portfolio Solutions, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| LEG Immobilien | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.33 |
| Altisource Portfolio Solutions | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.33 |
Altisource Portfolio Solutions has a consensus price target of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 41.59%. Given Altisource Portfolio Solutions’ higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Altisource Portfolio Solutions is more favorable than LEG Immobilien.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares LEG Immobilien and Altisource Portfolio Solutions”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| LEG Immobilien | $1.56 billion | 2.92 | $1.65 billion | $17.65 | 3.41 |
| Altisource Portfolio Solutions | $182.50 million | 0.35 | $1.62 million | ($0.99) | -5.71 |
LEG Immobilien has higher revenue and earnings than Altisource Portfolio Solutions. Altisource Portfolio Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LEG Immobilien, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
41.4% of Altisource Portfolio Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 19.1% of Altisource Portfolio Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares LEG Immobilien and Altisource Portfolio Solutions’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| LEG Immobilien | 106.86% | 14.47% | 6.07% |
| Altisource Portfolio Solutions | -5.93% | -1.69% | 1.31% |
Risk & Volatility
LEG Immobilien has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Altisource Portfolio Solutions has a beta of 0.19, meaning that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
LEG Immobilien beats Altisource Portfolio Solutions on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About LEG Immobilien
LEG Immobilien SE, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated property company in Germany. The company engages in the performance of services and management of equity investments; property management and location development; performance of services for third parties and housing industry services; and generation of electricity and heat activities. It also provides information technology (IT) services for third parties; and management services for third-party properties. The company's property portfolio consisted of residential units; commercial units; and garages and parking spaces in North Rhine-Westphalia. LEG Immobilien SE was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany.
About Altisource Portfolio Solutions
Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. operates as an integrated service provider and marketplace for the real estate and mortgage industries in the United States and internationally. It operates through Servicer and Real Estate, and Origination segments. The Servicer and Real Estate segment offers property preservation, inspection, title insurance and settlement, real estate valuation, foreclosure trustee, and residential and commercial construction inspection and risk mitigation services. This segment provides Hubzu, an online real estate auction platform, as well as real estate auction, real estate brokerage, and asset management services; Equator, a software-as-a-service technology to manage real estate owned, short sales, foreclosure, bankruptcy, and eviction processes; a vendor invoicing and payment system; RentRange, a single and multi-family rental data, analytics, and rent-based valuation solution; REALSynergy, a commercial loan servicing platform; and NestRange, an automated residential valuation model and analytics solution. The Origination segment offers loan fulfillment, certification and certification insurance services, management services. In addition, it provides Lendors One Loan Automation, a marketplace to order services and a tool to automate components of the loan manufacturing process; TrelixAI, a technology to manage the workflow and automate components of the loan fulfillment, pre and post close quality, and service transfer processes; and ADMS, a document management and data analytics delivery platform. The company serves financial institutions, government-sponsored enterprises, banks, asset managers, servicers, investors, property management firms, real estate brokerages, insurance companies, mortgage bankers, originators, and correspondent and private money lenders. Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.
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