Comparing Smith Douglas Homes (NYSE:SDHC) & British Land (OTCMKTS:BTLCY)

Smith Douglas Homes (NYSE:SDHC) and British Land (OTCMKTS:BTLCY) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for Smith Douglas Homes and British Land, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Smith Douglas Homes	1	4	0	0	1.80
British Land	0	2	1	2	3.00

Smith Douglas Homes presently has a consensus price target of $18.90, suggesting a potential downside of 8.21%. Given Smith Douglas Homes’ higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Smith Douglas Homes is more favorable than British Land.

Risk & Volatility

Smith Douglas Homes has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, British Land has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Smith Douglas Homes and British Land’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Smith Douglas Homes	1.56%	3.08%	2.50%
British Land	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Smith Douglas Homes and British Land”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Smith Douglas Homes	$975.46 million	1.09	$16.07 million	$1.73	11.90
British Land	$571.65 million	8.51	$431.25 million	N/A	N/A

British Land has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Smith Douglas Homes.

Summary

British Land beats Smith Douglas Homes on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Smith Douglas Homes

Smith Douglas Homes Corp., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, construction, and sale of single-family homes in the southeastern United States. It also provides closing, escrow, and title insurance services. The company sells its products to entry-level and empty-nest homebuyers. Smith Douglas Homes Corp. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Woodstock, Georgia.

About British Land

Our portfolio of high quality UK commercial property is focused on London Campuses and Retail & London Urban Logistics assets throughout the UK. We own or manage a portfolio valued at £13.0bn (British Land share: £8.9bn) as at 31 March 2023 making us one of Europe's largest listed real estate investment companies. We create Places People Prefer, delivering the best, most sustainable places for our customers and communities. Our strategy is to leverage our best in class platform and proven expertise in development, repositioning and active management, investing behind two key themes: Campuses and Retail & London Urban Logistics. Our three Campuses at Broadgate, Paddington Central and Regent's Place are dynamic neighbourhoods, attracting growth customers and sectors, and offering some of the best connected, highest quality and most sustainable space in London. We are delivering our fourth Campus at Canada Water, where we have planning consent to deliver 5m sq ft of residential, commercial, retail and community space over 53 acres. Our Campuses account for 63% of our portfolio. Retail & London Urban Logistics accounts for 37% of the portfolio and is focused on retail parks which are aligned to the growth of convenience, online and last mile fulfilment. We are complementing this with urban logistics primarily in London, focused on development-led opportunities. Sustainability is embedded throughout our business. Our approach is focused on three key pillars where British Land can create the most benefit: Greener Spaces, making our whole portfolio net zero carbon by 2030, Thriving Places, partnering to grow social value and wellbeing in the communities where we operate and Responsible Choices, advocating responsible business practices across British Land and throughout our supply chain, and maintaining robust governance structures.