Head to Head Analysis: Comstock Holding Companies (CHCI) and The Competition

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

6.5% of Comstock Holding Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.5% of shares of all “Real Estate Management & Development” companies are owned by institutional investors. 35.0% of Comstock Holding Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.1% of shares of all “Real Estate Management & Development” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Comstock Holding Companies and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Comstock Holding Companies	0	0	1	0	3.00
Comstock Holding Companies Competitors	1580	4684	7440	207	2.45

As a group, “Real Estate Management & Development” companies have a potential upside of 19.74%. Given Comstock Holding Companies’ peers higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Comstock Holding Companies has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Volatility & Risk

Comstock Holding Companies has a beta of -0.42, meaning that its stock price is 142% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Comstock Holding Companies’ peers have a beta of -0.21, meaning that their average stock price is 121% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Comstock Holding Companies and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Comstock Holding Companies	32.16%	35.60%	30.45%
Comstock Holding Companies Competitors	-263.79%	-682.75%	-1.07%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Comstock Holding Companies and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Comstock Holding Companies	$62.86 million	$17.05 million	8.46
Comstock Holding Companies Competitors	$2.68 billion	-$400.38 million	29.41

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

Summary

Comstock Holding Companies beats its peers on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About Comstock Holding Companies

Comstock Holding Companies, Inc. operates as a real estate asset manager, developer, and operator of mixed-use and transit-oriented properties in the Washington, D.C. region. The company acquires, develops, operates, and sells residential, commercial, and mixed-use properties. It also provides various asset and property management, development and construction management, and other real estate services to its asset-owning clients, which include primarily of institutional real estate investors, high net worth family offices, and governmental bodies. The company was formerly known as Comstock Homebuilding Companies, Inc. and changed its name to Comstock Holding Companies, Inc. in June 2012. Comstock Holding Companies, Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.