Comparing La Rosa (LRHC) & The Competition

La Rosa (NASDAQ:LRHC) is one of 28 public companies in the “Real estate agents & managers” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare La Rosa to similar companies based on the strength of its risk, valuation, dividends, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for La Rosa and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
La Rosa	0	0	0	0	N/A
La Rosa Competitors	106	616	726	21	2.45

As a group, “Real estate agents & managers” companies have a potential downside of 0.46%. Given La Rosa’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe La Rosa has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

7.6% of La Rosa shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.4% of shares of all “Real estate agents & managers” companies are owned by institutional investors. 53.3% of La Rosa shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.1% of shares of all “Real estate agents & managers” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares La Rosa and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
La Rosa	-26.49%	-174.79%	-96.88%
La Rosa Competitors	-3.41%	-23.80%	-9.85%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares La Rosa and its rivals revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
La Rosa	$50.37 million	-$7.82 million	-0.55
La Rosa Competitors	$7.19 billion	$117.02 million	35.95

La Rosa’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than La Rosa. La Rosa 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.

Summary

La Rosa rivals beat La Rosa on 8 of the 9 factors compared.

La Rosa Company Profile

La Rosa Holdings Corp., through its subsidiaries, operates primarily in the residential real estate market in the United States. The company operates through five segments: Real Estate Brokerage Services (Residential), Franchising Services, Coaching Services, Property Management, and Real Estate Brokerage Services (Commercial). It delivers coaching services to its brokers and franchisee's brokers; and franchises real estate brokerage agencies. The company also engages in the residential and commercial real estate brokerage business; and property management services to owners of single-family residential properties. La Rosa Holdings Corp. was founded in 2004 and is based in Celebration, Florida.