Financial Analysis: Green Street Capital (OTCMKTS:JAGR) and Cannae (NYSE:CNNE)

Green Street Capital (OTCMKTS:JAGR) and Cannae (NYSE:CNNE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Green Street Capital and Cannae, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Green Street Capital	0	0	0	0	0.00
Cannae	1	0	2	0	2.33

Cannae has a consensus price target of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 32.34%. Given Cannae’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cannae is more favorable than Green Street Capital.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Green Street Capital and Cannae”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Green Street Capital	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cannae	$452.50 million	2.24	-$304.60 million	($6.70)	-2.71

Green Street Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cannae.

Volatility and Risk

Green Street Capital has a beta of 0.2, indicating that its stock price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cannae has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

88.1% of Cannae shares are held by institutional investors. 72.4% of Green Street Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.9% of Cannae shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Green Street Capital and Cannae’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Green Street Capital	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cannae	-94.12%	-18.19%	-14.58%

Summary

Cannae beats Green Street Capital on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Green Street Capital

Green Street Capital Corp. invests in environmental technology companies that require capital for expansion or are pursuing acquisition strategies. It also recycles grease trap waste for the production of biomass feedstock used in blending biofuels. Green Street Capital Corp. was formerly known as Jaguar Mining Enterprises Inc. and changed its name to Green Street Capital Corp. in July 2010. The company is based in Tampa, Florida.

About Cannae

Cannae Holdings, Inc. is a principal investment firm. The firm primarily invests in restaurants, technology enabled healthcare services, financial services and more. It takes both minority and majority stakes. Cannae Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2014 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.