Alset (AEI) and Its Peers Head to Head Review

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Alset and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alset	1	0	0	0	1.00
Alset Competitors	1574	4680	7432	207	2.45

As a group, “Real Estate Management & Development” companies have a potential upside of 28.16%. Given Alset’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Alset has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Alset and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alset	$4.27 million	N/A	-0.33
Alset Competitors	$2.82 billion	-$961.71 million	10.09

Alset’s peers have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Alset. Alset 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.

Risk and Volatility

Alset has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alset’s peers have a beta of 0.79, suggesting that their average stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

2.7% of Alset shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.4% of shares of all “Real Estate Management & Development” companies are owned by institutional investors. 90.5% of Alset 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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Alset and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alset	N/A	N/A	N/A
Alset Competitors	-426.28%	-1,119.00%	-1.43%

Summary

Alset peers beat Alset on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

About Alset

Alset Inc. engages in the real estate development, financial services, digital transformation technologies, biohealth activities, and consumer products businesses in the United States, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, and South Korea. It operates through four segments: Real Estate, Digital Transformation Technology, Biohealth, and Other Business Activities segments. The Real Estate segment develops property projects and participates in third-party property development projects; and owns, operates, and manages real estate development projects with a focus on land subdivision developments and house rental projects. Its Digital Transformation Technology segment provides support, implementation, and development services with various technologies, including blockchain, e-commerce, social media, and artificial intelligent customer service application and metaverse services. Its technology platform focuses on business-to-business solutions, such as communications and workflow through instant messaging systems, social media, e-commerce and payment systems, direct marketing platforms, e-real estate, brand protection, and counterfeit and fraud detection; and mobile application product development and other businesses, including information technology services to end-users, service providers, and other commercial users through multiple platforms. The Biohealth segment engages in developing, researching, testing, manufacturing, licensing, and distributing biohealth products and services. Its Other Business Activities segment offers corporate strategy and business development, asset management, corporate restructuring, and leveraged buy-out expertise services. It operates cafes in Singapore and South Korea. The company was formerly known as Alset EHome International Inc. and changed its name to Alset Inc. in October 2022. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.