Financial Comparison: Star (STHO) vs. Its Peers

Star (NASDAQ:STHO) is one of 329 publicly-traded companies in the “Real Estate Management & Development” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Star to related companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and valuation.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

89.3% of Star shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.4% of shares of all “Real Estate Management & Development” companies are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Star shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.1% of shares of all “Real Estate Management & Development” companies 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.

Volatility & Risk

Star has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Star’s rivals have a beta of -0.21, suggesting that their average share price is 121% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Star and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Star	0	1	0	0	2.00
Star Competitors	1583	4692	7449	209	2.45

As a group, “Real Estate Management & Development” companies have a potential upside of 20.70%. Given Star’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Star has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Star and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Star	-31.33%	1.07%	0.54%
Star Competitors	-264.85%	-682.95%	-1.12%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Star and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Star	$57.67 million	-$64.25 million	-2.82
Star Competitors	$2.85 billion	-$400.38 million	25.70

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

Summary

Star rivals beat Star on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

Star Company Profile

Star Holdings engages in the non-ground lease related commercial real estate businesses in the United States. Its portfolio primarily comprises interest in the Asbury Park Waterfront and Magnolia Green residential development projects. Star Holdings is based in New York, New York.