RE/MAX (RMAX) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer CRESY or RMAX?

RE/MAX has a consensus price target of $9.17, indicating a potential downside of 13.60%. Given RE/MAX's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe RE/MAX is more favorable than Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
RE/MAX	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.75

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CRESY or RMAX?

12.9% of Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of RE/MAX shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.2% of Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of RE/MAX shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CRESY or RMAX?

RE/MAX received 118 more outperform votes than Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.43% of users gave RE/MAX an outperform vote while only 56.82% of users gave Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria	Outperform Votes 175 56.82%	Underperform Votes 133 43.18%
RE/MAX	Outperform Votes 293 59.43%	Underperform Votes 200 40.57%

Is CRESY or RMAX a better dividend stock?

Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria pays an annual dividend of $0.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. RE/MAX pays an annual dividend of $0.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria pays out -44.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RE/MAX pays out -127.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. RE/MAX is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer CRESY or RMAX?

In the previous week, RE/MAX had 4 more articles in the media than Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for RE/MAX and 2 mentions for Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria. Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat RE/MAX's score of 1.73 indicating that Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria	Very Positive
RE/MAX	Very Positive

Is CRESY or RMAX more profitable?

RE/MAX has a net margin of -3.08% compared to Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria's net margin of -7.06%. Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria's return on equity of -2.46% beat RE/MAX'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%
RE/MAX	-3.08%	-35.76%	4.44%

Which has better earnings & valuation, CRESY or RMAX?

Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria has higher revenue and earnings than RE/MAX. RE/MAX 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	-10.18
RE/MAX	$311.82M	0.64	-$69.02M	-$0.54	-19.65

Which has more volatility & risk, CRESY or RMAX?

Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RE/MAX has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

RE/MAX beats Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.