Analyzing Maui Land & Pineapple (NYSE:MLP) & reAlpha Tech (NASDAQ:AIRE)

reAlpha Tech (NASDAQ:AIRE) and Maui Land & Pineapple (NYSE:MLP) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and valuation.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares reAlpha Tech and Maui Land & Pineapple”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
reAlpha Tech	$321,095.00	362.81	N/A	N/A	N/A
Maui Land & Pineapple	$12.20 million	35.20	-$3.08 million	($0.23)	-95.09

reAlpha Tech has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Maui Land & Pineapple.

Volatility and Risk

reAlpha Tech has a beta of -3.53, indicating that its stock price is 453% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maui Land & Pineapple has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

1.0% of reAlpha Tech shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.5% of Maui Land & Pineapple shares are owned by institutional investors. 73.9% of reAlpha Tech shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 62.7% of Maui Land & Pineapple shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares reAlpha Tech and Maui Land & Pineapple’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
reAlpha Tech	-2,035.17%	-45.22%	-36.74%
Maui Land & Pineapple	-40.09%	-14.23%	-11.37%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for reAlpha Tech and Maui Land & Pineapple, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
reAlpha Tech	0	0	1	0	3.00
Maui Land & Pineapple	0	0	0	0	0.00

reAlpha Tech presently has a consensus price target of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.11%. Given reAlpha Tech’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe reAlpha Tech is more favorable than Maui Land & Pineapple.

Summary

Maui Land & Pineapple beats reAlpha Tech on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About reAlpha Tech

reAlpha Tech Corp., a real estate technology company, commercializes artificial intelligence (AI)-powered technologies. The company operates in two segments, Platform Services and Rental Business. The company offers and develops AI-based products and services to customers in the real-estate industry. These include reAlpha BRAIN, which utilizes a natural language processing program to scan through property data and choose the ones with a higher than expected industry standard return on investment; reAlpha HUMINT, which allows analysts to input qualitative features about a property and factor it into property evaluation; GENA to generate home descriptions; AIRE, a web-based AI application that provides data and insights about the real estate market; and reAlpha App, which allows syndicate members to acquire equity interests in the syndication LLC. It also leases short-term rental properties; and provides technical support services. The company was formerly known as eAlpha Asset Management, Inc. and changed its name to reAlpha Tech Corp. in March 2023. reAlpha Tech Corp. was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ohio.

About Maui Land & Pineapple

Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the planning, managing, developing, and selling residential, resort, commercial, agricultural, and industrial real estate properties in the United States. It operates through Land Development & Sales, Leasing, and Resort Amenities segments. The Real Estate segment is involved in the land planning and entitlement; and sale of real estate inventory. The Leasing segment leases commercial, agricultural, and industrial land and properties; and licenses its registered trademarks and trade names, as well as provides stewardship and conservation services. This segment also manages ditches, reservoirs, and well systems that provide potable and non-potable water to West and Upcountry Maui areas. The Resort Amenities segment manages the operations of the Kapalua Club, a private non-equity club program that provides its members special programs, access, and other privileges at certain amenities at the Kapalua Resort. It owns approximately 22,300 acres of land and 268,000 square feet of commercial property on the island of Maui, Hawaii. Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc. was incorporated in 1909 and is based in Lahaina, Hawaii.