Holiday Island (HIHI) versus The Competition Critical Comparison

Holiday Island (OTCMKTS:HIHI) is one of 184 publicly-traded companies in the “Business services, not elsewhere classified” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Holiday Island to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Holiday Island and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Holiday Island	0	0	0	0	N/A
Holiday Island Competitors	903	5800	11898	316	2.61

As a group, “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies have a potential upside of 8.02%. Given Holiday Island’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Holiday Island has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Holiday Island and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Holiday Island	N/A	N/A	N/A
Holiday Island Competitors	-23.39%	-161.92%	-15.19%

Risk & Volatility

Holiday Island has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Holiday Island’s rivals have a beta of 1.42, meaning that their average stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Holiday Island and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Holiday Island	N/A	N/A	-0.33
Holiday Island Competitors	$12.25 billion	$467.55 million	-0.69

Holiday Island’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Holiday Island. Holiday Island is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

57.4% of shares of all “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies are owned by institutional investors. 15.2% of Holiday Island shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.1% of shares of all “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies are owned 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.

Summary

Holiday Island rivals beat Holiday Island on 5 of the 9 factors compared.

About Holiday Island

Holiday Island Holdings, Inc. primarily engages in land development activities. It acquires, develops, manages, and sells income producing commercial and residential real estate properties located in Holiday Island, Arkansas. The company was formerly known as VillageEDOCS, Inc. and changed its name to Holiday Island Holdings, Inc. in February 2014. Holiday Island Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is based in Holiday Island, Arkansas.