American Realty Investors (ARL) Competitors

Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria (NASDAQ:CRESY) and American Realty Investors (NYSE:ARL) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CRESY or ARL?

Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria received 52 more outperform votes than American Realty Investors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.82% of users gave Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria an outperform vote while only 42.27% of users gave American Realty Investors an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria	Outperform Votes 175 56.82%	Underperform Votes 133 43.18%
American Realty Investors	Outperform Votes 123 42.27%	Underperform Votes 168 57.73%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CRESY or ARL?

12.9% of Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria shares are held by institutional investors. 36.2% of Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 90.8% of American Realty Investors shares are held 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.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, CRESY or ARL?

Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria has higher revenue and earnings than American Realty Investors. American Realty Investors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria, 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
Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria	$729.23B	0.00	$156.92M	-$1.32	-10.23
American Realty Investors	$49.33M	4.72	$3.97M	-$1.03	-14.00

Is CRESY or ARL more profitable?

Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria has a net margin of -7.06% compared to American Realty Investors' net margin of -33.78%. American Realty Investors' return on equity of -2.05% beat Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria	-7.06%	-2.46%	-1.08%
American Realty Investors	-33.78%	-2.05%	-1.62%

Does the media refer more to CRESY or ARL?

In the previous week, Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria had 2 more articles in the media than American Realty Investors. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria and 2 mentions for American Realty Investors. Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat American Realty Investors' score of 0.20 indicating that Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
American Realty Investors	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, CRESY or ARL?

Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Realty Investors has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria beats American Realty Investors on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.