HHH vs. JEF, DOC, AMH, REG, GLPI, LINE, HST, WPC, HLI, and FUTU
Should you be buying Howard Hughes stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Howard Hughes include Jefferies Financial Group (JEF), Healthpeak Properties (DOC), American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), Regency Centers (REG), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), Lineage (LINE), Host Hotels & Resorts (HST), W. P. Carey (WPC), Houlihan Lokey (HLI), and Futu (FUTU). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Howard Hughes vs.
Jefferies Financial Group (NYSE:JEF) and Howard Hughes (NYSE:HHH) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
Jefferies Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Howard Hughes. Jefferies Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Howard Hughes, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Jefferies Financial Group presently has a consensus price target of $81.67, suggesting a potential upside of 7.82%. Howard Hughes has a consensus price target of $82.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.99%. Given Jefferies Financial Group's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Jefferies Financial Group is more favorable than Howard Hughes.
Jefferies Financial Group has a net margin of 10.57% compared to Howard Hughes' net margin of 6.57%. Jefferies Financial Group's return on equity of 7.97% beat Howard Hughes' return on equity.
Jefferies Financial Group received 572 more outperform votes than Howard Hughes when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.64% of users gave Jefferies Financial Group an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Howard Hughes an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Jefferies Financial Group had 8 more articles in the media than Howard Hughes. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Jefferies Financial Group and 8 mentions for Howard Hughes. Jefferies Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Howard Hughes' score of 0.69 indicating that Jefferies Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Jefferies Financial Group has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Howard Hughes has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
60.9% of Jefferies Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.8% of Howard Hughes shares are held by institutional investors. 20.4% of Jefferies Financial Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 33.0% of Howard Hughes shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Jefferies Financial Group beats Howard Hughes on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HHH) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
