Altisource Portfolio Solutions (NASDAQ:ASPS – Get Free Report) and Maui Land & Pineapple (NYSE:MLP – Get Free Report) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
41.4% of Altisource Portfolio Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.5% of Maui Land & Pineapple shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.1% of Altisource Portfolio Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 68.6% of Maui Land & Pineapple shares are owned 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.
Profitability
This table compares Altisource Portfolio Solutions and Maui Land & Pineapple’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Altisource Portfolio Solutions | -5.93% | -1.69% | 1.31% |
| Maui Land & Pineapple | -28.65% | -14.25% | -9.67% |
Earnings and Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Altisource Portfolio Solutions | $170.98 million | 0.41 | $1.62 million | ($0.99) | -6.19 |
| Maui Land & Pineapple | $16.15 million | 18.89 | -$10.58 million | ($0.23) | -66.77 |
Altisource Portfolio Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Maui Land & Pineapple. Maui Land & Pineapple is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Altisource Portfolio Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Altisource Portfolio Solutions and Maui Land & Pineapple, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Altisource Portfolio Solutions | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.33 |
| Maui Land & Pineapple | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Altisource Portfolio Solutions presently has a consensus price target of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.51%. Given Altisource Portfolio Solutions’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Altisource Portfolio Solutions is more favorable than Maui Land & Pineapple.
Risk & Volatility
Altisource Portfolio Solutions has a beta of 0.19, suggesting that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maui Land & Pineapple has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Altisource Portfolio Solutions beats Maui Land & Pineapple on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About Maui Land & Pineapple
Maui Land & Pineapple Co., Inc. is a landholding and operating company, which engages in the development, sale, and management of real estate. It operates through the following segments: Real Estate, Leasing, and Resort Amenities. The Real Estate segment includes land planning and entitlement, development, and sales activities. The Leasing segment consists of residential, resort, commercial, agricultural and industrial land and property leases, licensing of registered trademarks and trade names, and stewardship and conservation efforts. The Resort Amenities segment manages a full-service spa, a beach club, and a private club membership program. The company was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Maui, HI.
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