Critical Review: Sino Land (OTCMKTS:SNLAY) & WillScot (NASDAQ:WSC)

Sino Land (OTCMKTS:SNLAY) and WillScot (NASDAQ:WSC) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Volatility and Risk

Sino Land has a beta of 0.34, meaning that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WillScot has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Sino Land and WillScot’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
WillScot	4.66%	24.83%	4.24%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

95.8% of WillScot shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of WillScot shares are owned by 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.

Dividends

Sino Land pays an annual dividend of $0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. WillScot pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. WillScot pays out 46.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Sino Land and WillScot, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sino Land	0	0	0	0	0.00
WillScot	0	6	3	0	2.33

WillScot has a consensus price target of $32.13, indicating a potential upside of 51.96%. Given WillScot’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe WillScot is more favorable than Sino Land.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Sino Land and WillScot”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sino Land	$1.05 billion	10.67	$516.04 million	N/A	N/A
WillScot	$2.40 billion	1.61	$28.13 million	$0.60	35.23

Sino Land has higher earnings, but lower revenue than WillScot.

Summary

WillScot beats Sino Land on 10 of the 14 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 WillScot

WillScot Holdings Corporation provides workspace and portable storage solutions in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. It operates in two segments, Modular Solutions and Storage Solutions. Its modular solutions include panelized and stackable offices, single-wide modular space units, section modulars and redi-plex, classrooms, ground level offices, blast-resistant modules, clearspan structures, and other modular space; and portable storage solutions, such as portable and cold storage containers, as well as trailers. The company leases modular space and portable storage units to customers in the construction, commercial and industrial, retail and wholesale trade, energy and natural resources, education, government and institutions, and healthcare markets. The company offers its solutions primarily under the WillScot and Mobile Mini brand names. The company was formerly known as WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. and changed its name to WillScot Holdings Corporation in July 2024. WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.