CTO Realty Growth (NYSE:CTO) versus Mercialys (OTCMKTS:MEIYF) Financial Analysis

CTO Realty Growth (NYSE:CTO) and Mercialys (OTCMKTS:MEIYF) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for CTO Realty Growth and Mercialys, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CTO Realty Growth	0	0	5	2	3.29
Mercialys	0	0	0	0	0.00

CTO Realty Growth presently has a consensus target price of $24.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.03%. Given CTO Realty Growth’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe CTO Realty Growth is more favorable than Mercialys.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares CTO Realty Growth and Mercialys”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CTO Realty Growth	$149.54 million	5.48	$10.09 million	$1.36	16.08
Mercialys	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

CTO Realty Growth has higher revenue and earnings than Mercialys.

Profitability

This table compares CTO Realty Growth and Mercialys’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CTO Realty Growth	32.63%	8.90%	4.05%
Mercialys	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

67.2% of CTO Realty Growth shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.3% of Mercialys shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of CTO Realty Growth shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

CTO Realty Growth beats Mercialys on 10 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CTO Realty Growth

CTO Realty Growth, Inc. is a publicly traded real estate investment trust that owns and operates a portfolio of high-quality, retail-based properties located primarily in higher growth markets in the United States. CTO also externally manages and owns a meaningful interest in Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE: PINE), a publicly traded net lease REIT.

About Mercialys

Mercialys is one of France's leading real estate companies. It is specialized in the holding, management and transformation of retail spaces, anticipating consumer trends, on its own behalf and for third parties. At December 31, 2023, Mercialys had a real estate portfolio valued at Euro 2.9 billion (including transfer taxes). Its portfolio of 2,038 leases represents an annualized rental base of Euro 175.5 million. Mercialys has been listed on the stock market since October 12, 2005 (ticker: MERY) and has SIIC real estate investment trust (REIT) tax status. Part of the SBF 120 and Euronext Paris Compartment B, it had 93,886,501 shares outstanding at December 31, 2023.