Analyzing Exp World (NASDAQ:AGNT) and CTP (OTCMKTS:CTPVF)

Exp World (NASDAQ:AGNT) and CTP (OTCMKTS:CTPVF) are both real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Exp World and CTP, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Exp World	3	1	1	0	1.60
CTP	0	1	2	0	2.67

Exp World presently has a consensus target price of $5.17, suggesting a potential upside of 18.77%. Given Exp World’s higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Exp World is more favorable than CTP.

Profitability

This table compares Exp World and CTP’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Exp World	-0.35%	-5.43%	-2.89%
CTP	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

27.2% of Exp World shares are held by institutional investors. 26.6% of Exp World shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Exp World and CTP”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Exp World	$4.96 billion	0.14	-$22.71 million	($0.11)	-39.55
CTP	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

CTP has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Exp World.

Summary

CTP beats Exp World on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Exp World

eXp World Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides cloud-based real estate brokerage services for residential homeowners and homebuyers. The company operates through North American Realty, International Realty, Virbela, and Other Affiliated Services segments. It provides Virbela, a cloud-based technologies that provides data, lead generation, and marketing tools for real estate agents and employees. In addition, the company offers SUCCESS print magazine, SUCCESS.com portal, SUCCESS newsletters, SUCCESS podcasts, SUCCESS plus, SUCCESS speakers bureau, and SUCCESS coaching, podcasts, and digital training courses. It operates in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, India, Mexico, Portugal, France, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Italy, Hong Kong, Colombia, Spain, Israel, Panama, Germany, the Dominican Republic, Greece, New Zealand, Chile, and Poland. The company was formerly known as eXp Realty International Corporation and changed its name to eXp World Holdings, Inc. in May 2016. eXp World Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Bellingham, Washington.

About CTP

CTP N.V., together with its subsidiaries, develops, owns, operates, and leases commercial real estate properties in Central, Western, and Eastern Europe. It offers industrial properties for various applications, such as warehousing, manufacturing, research and development, and bespoke property applications. The company also develops city-center office campuses and parks. In addition, it is involved in the solar energy business. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. CTP N.V. operates as a subsidiary of CTP Holding B.V.