Douglas Elliman (NYSE:DOUG) & Millrose Properties (NYSE:MRP) Head-To-Head Survey

Douglas Elliman (NYSE:DOUG) and Millrose Properties (NYSE:MRP) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings and risk.

Risk & Volatility

Douglas Elliman has a beta of 1.87, indicating that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Millrose Properties has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

59.6% of Douglas Elliman shares are held by institutional investors. 9.6% of Douglas Elliman shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Millrose Properties shares are held by 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Douglas Elliman and Millrose Properties, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Douglas Elliman	1	0	0	0	1.00
Millrose Properties	0	1	2	1	3.00

Millrose Properties has a consensus target price of $37.67, suggesting a potential upside of 25.62%. Given Millrose Properties’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Millrose Properties is more favorable than Douglas Elliman.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Douglas Elliman and Millrose Properties”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Douglas Elliman	$993.99 million	0.16	$15.22 million	($0.07)	-25.21
Millrose Properties	$712.69 million	6.49	$379.86 million	$2.79	10.75

Millrose Properties has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Douglas Elliman. Douglas Elliman is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Millrose Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Dividends

Douglas Elliman pays an annual dividend of $0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Millrose Properties pays an annual dividend of $3.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. Douglas Elliman pays out -71.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Millrose Properties pays out 110.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Profitability

This table compares Douglas Elliman and Millrose Properties’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Douglas Elliman	0.50%	-20.59%	-6.72%
Millrose Properties	64.96%	7.90%	5.17%

Summary

Millrose Properties beats Douglas Elliman on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Douglas Elliman

Douglas Elliman Inc. owns Douglas Elliman Realty, LLC, operating as a residential brokerage company in the United States with operations in New York, Florida, California, Texas, Colorado, Nevada, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. In addition, Douglas Elliman sources, uses and invests in early-stage, disruptive property technology (“PropTech”) solutions and companies and provides other real estate services, including development marketing, property management and settlement and escrow services in select markets.

About Millrose Properties

Millrose Properties, Inc. is a real estate investment and management company that focuses on acquiring, developing, and managing high-quality commercial properties. They are headquartered in Purchase, New York.