Contrasting Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE:JLL) and Sino Land (OTCMKTS:SNLAY)

Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE:JLL) and Sino Land (OTCMKTS:SNLAY) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

Risk and Volatility

Jones Lang LaSalle has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sino Land has a beta of 0.3, meaning that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Jones Lang LaSalle and Sino Land”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Jones Lang LaSalle	$26.12 billion	0.53	$792.10 million	$18.60	15.90
Sino Land	$1.05 billion	14.33	$516.04 million	N/A	N/A

Jones Lang LaSalle has higher revenue and earnings than Sino Land.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Jones Lang LaSalle and Sino Land, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Jones Lang LaSalle	0	3	5	0	2.63
Sino Land	0	0	1	0	3.00

Jones Lang LaSalle presently has a consensus price target of $394.00, indicating a potential upside of 33.21%. Given Jones Lang LaSalle’s higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Jones Lang LaSalle is more favorable than Sino Land.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

94.8% of Jones Lang LaSalle shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Jones Lang LaSalle shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Jones Lang LaSalle and Sino Land’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Jones Lang LaSalle	3.35%	13.01%	5.47%
Sino Land	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Jones Lang LaSalle beats Sino Land on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Jones Lang LaSalle

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated operates as a commercial real estate and investment management company. It engages in the buying, building, occupying, managing, and investing in a commercial, industrial, hotel, residential, and retail properties in Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company offers a range of real estate services, including agency leasing, tenant representation, property management, advisory, and consulting services; and capital market services, such as equity and debt advisory, loan sales, equity advisory, loan servicing, merger and acquisition, corporate advisory, and investment sales and advisory services. It also provides on-site management services for office, industrial, retail, multifamily residential, and various other properties; integrated facilities management services; designing, building, management, and consulting services to tenants of leased space, owners in self-occupied buildings, and owners of real estate investments; and advisory, consulting, valuation, and energy and sustainability services. In addition, the company offers investment management services to institutional and retail investors, including high-net-worth individuals. It provides its services to real estate owners, occupiers, investors, and developers for various property types, including critical environments and data centers, offices, industrial and warehouses, residential properties, infrastructure projects, retail and shopping malls, logistics, and military housing and transportation centers; and hotels and hospitality, cultural, educational, government, healthcare and laboratory, and sports facilities. The company was formerly known as LaSalle Partners Incorporated and changed its name to Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated in March 1999. Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

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.