Financial Survey: Sino Land (OTCMKTS:SNLAY) and Anywhere Real Estate (NYSE:HOUS)

Sino Land (OTCMKTS:SNLAY) and Anywhere Real Estate (NYSE:HOUS) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Sino Land and Anywhere Real Estate”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sino Land	$1.05 billion	13.81	$516.04 million	N/A	N/A
Anywhere Real Estate	$5.87 billion	0.35	-$128.00 million	($1.16)	-15.74

Sino Land has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Anywhere Real Estate.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Sino Land and Anywhere Real Estate, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sino Land	0	0	0	0	0.00
Anywhere Real Estate	1	3	0	0	1.75

Anywhere Real Estate has a consensus price target of $13.25, indicating a potential downside of 27.42%. Given Anywhere Real Estate’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Anywhere Real Estate is more favorable than Sino Land.

Risk & Volatility

Sino Land has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Anywhere Real Estate has a beta of 1.87, suggesting that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Sino Land and Anywhere Real Estate’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sino Land	N/A	N/A	N/A
Anywhere Real Estate	-2.18%	-5.04%	-1.35%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

97.6% of Anywhere Real Estate shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of Anywhere Real Estate shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Anywhere Real Estate beats Sino Land on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sino Land

Sino Land Company Limited, an investment holding company, invests in, develops, manages, and trades in properties. It operates through six segments: Property Sales, Property Rental, Property Management and Other Services, Hotel Operations, Investments in Securities, and Financing. The company's property portfolio includes shopping malls, offices, industrial buildings, residentials and car parks. In addition, it provides cleaning, building construction and management, financing, administration, security, mortgage loan financing, secretarial, management, project management, securities investment, consultancy, and deposit placing services, as well as operates hotels. Further, the company engages in real estate agency and trustee related services. The company operates approximately 19.5 million square feet of attributable floor area in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Sydney. Sino Land Company Limited was incorporated in 1971 and is based in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. The company is a subsidiary of Tsim Sha Tsui Properties Limited.

About Anywhere Real Estate

Anywhere Real Estate Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides residential real estate services in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Anywhere Brands, Anywhere Advisors, and Anywhere Integrated Services. The Anywhere Brands segment franchises the Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate, Century 21, Coldwell Banker, Coldwell Banker Commercial, Corcoran, ERA, and Sotheby's International Realty brand names. This segment also includes global relocation services under Cartus brand name; and lead generation activities. The Anywhere Advisors segment operates a full-service residential real estate brokerage business under the Coldwell Banker, Corcoran, and Sotheby's International Realty brand names to assist home buyers and sellers in the listing, marketing, selling, and finding homes. This segment also operates real estate auction joint venture. The Anywhere Integrated Services segment provides full-service title, escrow, and settlement services to consumers, real estate companies, corporations, and financial institutions primarily in support of residential real estate transactions. This segment also originates and markets its mortgage lending services to other real estate brokerage companies. The company was formerly known as Realogy Holdings Corp. and changed its name to Anywhere Real Estate Inc. in June 2022. Anywhere Real Estate Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Madison, New Jersey.