Contrasting Holiday Island (HIHI) & Its Rivals

Holiday Island (OTCMKTS:HIHI) is one of 192 publicly-traded companies in the “Business services, not elsewhere classified” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Holiday Island to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership and valuation.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

57.6% of shares of all “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies are owned by institutional investors. 15.2% of Holiday Island shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of shares of all “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Holiday Island and its competitors’ 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	-15.36%	-156.03%	-5.03%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Holiday Island and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Holiday Island	0	0	0	0	N/A
Holiday Island Competitors	908	5935	12198	317	2.62

As a group, “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies have a potential upside of 8.31%. Given Holiday Island’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Holiday Island has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Volatility and Risk

Holiday Island has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Holiday Island’s competitors have a beta of 1.30, suggesting that their average stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Holiday Island and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Holiday Island	N/A	N/A	-0.29
Holiday Island Competitors	$11.49 billion	$453.55 million	-4.25

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

Summary

Holiday Island competitors 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.