J.W. Mays (MAYS) Competitors

Seritage Growth Properties (NYSE:SRG) and J.W. Mays (NASDAQ:MAYS) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SRG or MAYS?

Seritage Growth Properties received 121 more outperform votes than J.W. Mays when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.64% of users gave J.W. Mays an outperform vote while only 55.40% of users gave Seritage Growth Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Seritage Growth Properties	Outperform Votes 195 55.40%	Underperform Votes 157 44.60%
J.W. Mays	Outperform Votes 74 55.64%	Underperform Votes 59 44.36%

Is SRG or MAYS more profitable?

J.W. Mays has a net margin of -1.88% compared to Seritage Growth Properties' net margin of -485.15%. J.W. Mays' return on equity of -0.77% beat Seritage Growth Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Seritage Growth Properties	-485.15%	-5.89%	-3.39%
J.W. Mays	-1.88%	-0.77%	-0.45%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SRG or MAYS?

J.W. Mays has higher revenue and earnings than Seritage Growth Properties. J.W. Mays is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Seritage Growth Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Seritage Growth Properties	$20.78M	11.70	-$154.91M	-$2.18	-1.98
J.W. Mays	$21.59M	N/A	-$410K	-$0.19	-232.63

Do insiders & institutionals believe in SRG or MAYS?

78.9% of Seritage Growth Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.2% of J.W. Mays shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Seritage Growth Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 35.2% of J.W. Mays shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend SRG or MAYS?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Seritage Growth Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
J.W. Mays	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media prefer SRG or MAYS?

In the previous week, J.W. Mays had 1 more articles in the media than Seritage Growth Properties. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for J.W. Mays and 0 mentions for Seritage Growth Properties. J.W. Mays' average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Seritage Growth Properties' score of 0.00 indicating that J.W. Mays is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Seritage Growth Properties	Neutral
J.W. Mays	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, SRG or MAYS?

Seritage Growth Properties has a beta of 2.57, suggesting that its share price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J.W. Mays has a beta of -0.06, suggesting that its share price is 106% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

J.W. Mays beats Seritage Growth Properties on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.