Analyzing Greenpro Capital (GRNQ) & Its Competitors

Greenpro Capital (NASDAQ:GRNQ) is one of 1,743 publicly-traded companies in the “Capital Markets” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Greenpro Capital to similar companies based on the strength of its dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation and risk.

Risk and Volatility

Greenpro Capital has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greenpro Capital’s competitors have a beta of 0.79, suggesting that their average share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Greenpro Capital and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Greenpro Capital	$2.07 million	-$2.98 million	-1.95
Greenpro Capital Competitors	$5.22 billion	$398.52 million	17.85

Greenpro Capital’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Greenpro Capital. Greenpro Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.9% of Greenpro Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.5% of shares of all “Capital Markets” companies are owned by institutional investors. 20.0% of Greenpro Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of shares of all “Capital Markets” companies are owned by 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Greenpro Capital and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Greenpro Capital	1	0	0	0	1.00
Greenpro Capital Competitors	5560	20138	22478	642	2.37

As a group, “Capital Markets” companies have a potential upside of 26.42%. Given Greenpro Capital’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Greenpro Capital has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Greenpro Capital and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Greenpro Capital	-169.65%	-22.06%	-18.90%
Greenpro Capital Competitors	318.24%	11.44%	3.69%

Summary

Greenpro Capital competitors beat Greenpro Capital on 12 of the 13 factors compared.

About Greenpro Capital

Greenpro Capital Corp. provides financial consulting and corporate advisory services to small and medium-size businesses primarily in Hong Kong, Malaysia, and China. It operates in two segments, Service Business and Real Estate Business. The company offers business consulting and corporate advisory services, including cross-border listing advisory, tax planning, bookkeeping, advisory and transaction, record management, and accounting outsourcing services; and venture capital related education and support services. It is also involved in the acquisition and rental of real estate properties held for investment and sale; and provision of company formation advisory, company secretarial, and financial services. In addition, the company provides corporate advisory services, such as company review, bank loan advisory, and bank products analysis, as well as loan and credit, and insurance brokerage services; and wealth planning, administration, charity, tax and legal, trusteeship and risk management, investment planning and management, and business support services, as well as asset protection and management, consolidation, and performance monitoring services. The company was formerly known as Greenpro, Inc. and changed its name to Greenpro Capital Corp. in May 2015. Greenpro Capital Corp. was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.