Comparing La Rosa (LRHC) and Its Rivals

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

Analyst Recommendations

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

	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 possible upside, analysts clearly believe La Rosa has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Insider & 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 insiders. Comparatively, 23.4% of shares of all “Real estate agents & managers” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares La Rosa and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
La Rosa	$50.37 million	-$7.82 million	-0.55
La Rosa Competitors	$7.26 billion	$117.02 million	36.13

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.

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%

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.