Maui Land & Pineapple (NYSE:MLP – Get Free Report) and reAlpha Tech (NASDAQ:AIRE – Get Free Report) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Profitability
This table compares Maui Land & Pineapple and reAlpha Tech’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Maui Land & Pineapple | -40.09% | -14.23% | -11.37% |
| reAlpha Tech | -2,035.17% | -45.22% | -36.74% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Maui Land & Pineapple and reAlpha Tech, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Maui Land & Pineapple | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| reAlpha Tech | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
24.5% of Maui Land & Pineapple shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.0% of reAlpha Tech shares are owned by institutional investors. 62.7% of Maui Land & Pineapple shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 73.9% of reAlpha Tech shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Volatility & Risk
Maui Land & Pineapple has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, reAlpha Tech has a beta of -3.53, indicating that its share price is 453% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Maui Land & Pineapple and reAlpha Tech”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Maui Land & Pineapple | $12.20 million | 35.20 | -$3.08 million | ($0.23) | -95.09 |
| reAlpha Tech | $321,095.00 | 362.81 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
reAlpha Tech has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Maui Land & Pineapple.
Summary
Maui Land & Pineapple beats reAlpha Tech on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
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.
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