Analyzing Holiday Island (HIHI) & Its Competitors

Holiday Island (OTCMKTS:HIHI) is one of 179 publicly-traded companies in the “Business services, not elsewhere classified” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Holiday Island to similar companies based on the strength of its risk, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Volatility and Risk

Holiday Island has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Holiday Island’s competitors have a beta of 1.46, indicating that their average stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Holiday Island and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Holiday Island	N/A	N/A	-0.43
Holiday Island Competitors	$26.32 billion	$484.56 million	19.11

Holiday Island’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Holiday Island. Holiday Island 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.

Profitability

This table compares Holiday Island and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Holiday Island	N/A	N/A	N/A
Holiday Island Competitors	-24.57%	-164.96%	-16.03%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

57.0% of shares of all “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies are held by institutional investors. 15.2% of Holiday Island shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.9% of shares of all “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Holiday Island and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Holiday Island	0	0	0	0	N/A
Holiday Island Competitors	898	5719	11696	310	2.61

As a group, “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies have a potential upside of 12.69%. Given Holiday Island’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Holiday Island has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Summary

Holiday Island competitors beat Holiday Island on 6 of the 9 factors compared.

About Holiday Island

Holiday Island Holdings, Inc. primarily engages in land development activities. It acquires, develops, manages, and sells income producing commercial and residential real estate properties located in Holiday Island, Arkansas. The company was formerly known as VillageEDOCS, Inc. and changed its name to Holiday Island Holdings, Inc. in February 2014. Holiday Island Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is based in Holiday Island, Arkansas.