American Realty Investors vs Star
ARL and STHO side by side, both in real estate. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ARL and STHO compare
American Realty Investors is the larger company, worth 3.3 times as much as Star ($298M against $90.2M).
On earnings, Star is cheaper: it trades at 6.2× trailing earnings, against 35.5× for American Realty Investors.
American Realty Investors grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (6.8% versus −17.7% for Star).
American Realty Investors keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 16.4% compared with 14.8% at Star.
Star scores higher on the StockData Score (11 against 6 for American Realty Investors), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | ARL | STHO |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $298M | $90.2M |
| Share price | $18.45 | $7.47 |
| Change, 1 year | 21.0% | 0.13% |
| Change, 5 years | 53.6% | – |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.45 | 0.87 |
| Employees | – | 72 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 6 | 11 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Performance score | 3 | 3 |
| Health score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 35.5× | 6.2× (better) |
| P/S | 5.8× | 1.0× (better) |
| P/B | 0.5× | 0.3× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 87.3× | – |
| Fair value | $14.51 | $25.66 |
| Margin of safety | −27.2% | 70.9% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 6.8% (better) | −17.7% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −3.3% | – |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 11.6% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | −18.3% | – |
| Net margin | 16.4% (better) | 14.8% |
| Return on equity | 1.4% | 5.0% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | −1.4% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.00 |
| Interest coverage | −1.0× | – |
| Altman Z-score | 1.38 (better) | −0.45 |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.00% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | – |
| Buyback yield | – | 10.8% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 10.8% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 3.4% | 66.2% |
| Held by insiders | 0.41% | 0.00% |
| Short interest, % of float | 0.19% | 0.76% |
Go deeper
- ARL stock overview
- ARL income statement
- ARL valuation and score
- STHO stock overview
- STHO income statement
- STHO valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.