LEG Immobilien (LEGIF) & Its Rivals Head to Head Review

LEG Immobilien (OTCMKTS:LEGIF) is one of 329 publicly-traded companies in the “Real Estate Management & Development” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare LEG Immobilien to related companies based on the strength of its dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

32.5% of shares of all “Real Estate Management & Development” companies are held by institutional investors. 27.1% of shares of all “Real Estate Management & Development” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for LEG Immobilien and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LEG Immobilien	1	0	2	0	2.33
LEG Immobilien Competitors	1580	4684	7440	207	2.45

As a group, “Real Estate Management & Development” companies have a potential upside of 19.77%. Given LEG Immobilien’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe LEG Immobilien has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares LEG Immobilien and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
LEG Immobilien	$1.56 billion	$1.65 billion	3.41
LEG Immobilien Competitors	$2.68 billion	-$400.38 million	10.06

LEG Immobilien’s rivals have higher revenue, but lower earnings than LEG Immobilien. LEG Immobilien is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares LEG Immobilien and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LEG Immobilien	106.86%	14.47%	6.07%
LEG Immobilien Competitors	-263.81%	-682.75%	-1.07%

Volatility & Risk

LEG Immobilien has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LEG Immobilien’s rivals have a beta of -0.24, suggesting that their average share price is 124% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

LEG Immobilien rivals beat LEG Immobilien on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About LEG Immobilien

LEG Immobilien SE, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated property company in Germany. The company engages in the performance of services and management of equity investments; property management and location development; performance of services for third parties and housing industry services; and generation of electricity and heat activities. It also provides information technology (IT) services for third parties; and management services for third-party properties. The company's property portfolio consisted of residential units; commercial units; and garages and parking spaces in North Rhine-Westphalia. LEG Immobilien SE was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany.