Contrasting Cyrela Brazil Realty (OTCMKTS:CYRBY) and Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE:JLL)

Cyrela Brazil Realty (OTCMKTS:CYRBY) and Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE:JLL) are both real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.

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 insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

Cyrela Brazil Realty has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jones Lang LaSalle has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Cyrela Brazil Realty and Jones Lang LaSalle, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cyrela Brazil Realty	0	1	0	0	2.00
Jones Lang LaSalle	0	3	4	1	2.75

Jones Lang LaSalle has a consensus target price of $433.60, suggesting a potential upside of 34.42%. Given Jones Lang LaSalle’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Jones Lang LaSalle is more favorable than Cyrela Brazil Realty.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Cyrela Brazil Realty and Jones Lang LaSalle”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cyrela Brazil Realty	$1.69 billion	1.17	$359.41 million	$0.94	5.48
Jones Lang LaSalle	$26.12 billion	0.57	$792.10 million	$20.87	15.46

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.

Profitability

This table compares Cyrela Brazil Realty and Jones Lang LaSalle’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cyrela Brazil Realty	20.58%	17.27%	7.75%
Jones Lang LaSalle	3.64%	13.99%	5.96%

Summary

Jones Lang LaSalle beats Cyrela Brazil Realty on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

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.