Comparing Howard Hughes (HHH) and Its Competitors

Howard Hughes (NYSE:HHH) is one of 329 publicly-traded companies in the “Real Estate Management & Development” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Howard Hughes to similar businesses based on the strength of its profitability, valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Volatility & Risk

Howard Hughes has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Howard Hughes’ peers have a beta of -0.21, indicating that their average share price is 121% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Howard Hughes and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Howard Hughes	$1.47 billion	$123.90 million	32.89
Howard Hughes Competitors	$7.22 billion	-$400.38 million	28.75

Howard Hughes’ peers have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Howard Hughes. Howard Hughes is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Howard Hughes and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Howard Hughes	1	1	1	1	2.50
Howard Hughes Competitors	1586	4698	7452	209	2.45

Howard Hughes currently has a consensus price target of $81.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.66%. As a group, “Real Estate Management & Development” companies have a potential upside of 20.73%. Given Howard Hughes’ peers higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Howard Hughes has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

93.8% of Howard Hughes shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.4% of shares of all “Real Estate Management & Development” companies are owned by institutional investors. 47.7% of Howard Hughes shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.0% of shares of all “Real Estate Management & Development” companies are owned by company 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.

Profitability

This table compares Howard Hughes and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Howard Hughes	6.55%	7.01%	2.05%
Howard Hughes Competitors	-264.97%	-683.04%	-1.14%

Summary

Howard Hughes beats its peers on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

About Howard Hughes

Howard Hughes Holdings Inc. is a real estate company that develops, owns and operates master-planned communities and mixed-use properties in the United States. Its activities include selling residential land and developing and managing commercial, residential, retail, office and hospitality properties. The company’s master-planned communities include The Woodlands and Bridgeland in Texas, Summerlin in Nevada, and Columbia in Maryland. Its other developments include Ward Village, a mixed-use neighborhood in Honolulu.