Financial Analysis: Country Garden (CTRYF) and Its Competitors

Profitability

This table compares Country Garden and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Country Garden	N/A	N/A	N/A
Country Garden Competitors	-249.72%	-676.41%	-0.34%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

3.8% of Country Garden shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.7% of shares of all “Real Estate Management & Development” companies are owned by institutional investors. 27.3% of shares of all “Real Estate Management & Development” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Country Garden and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Country Garden	N/A	N/A	0.00
Country Garden Competitors	$2.67 billion	-$394.99 million	-13.89

Country Garden’s peers have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Country Garden. Country Garden is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Dividends

Country Garden pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 83,890.5%. Country Garden pays out 32.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Real Estate Management & Development” companies pay a dividend yield of 5.0% and pay out 49.0% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Country Garden is clearly a better dividend stock than its peers, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Country Garden beats its peers on 6 of the 9 factors compared.

About Country Garden

Country Garden Holdings Company Limited, an investment holding company, invests, develops, and constructs real estate properties primarily in Mainland China. The company operates in two segments, Property Development and Construction. It develops residential projects, such as townhouses and condominiums; and car parks and retail shops. The company also develops, operates, and manages hotels. In addition, it researches and develops robots; sells electronic hardware and food; and provides interior decoration, agriculture, landscape design, investment and management consulting, cultural activity planning, and real estate consulting services. Country Garden Holdings Company Limited was founded in 1992 and is based in Foshan, the People's Republic of China. Country Garden Holdings Company Limited is a subsidiary of Concrete Win Limited.