Transcontinental Realty Investors (TCI) and Its Rivals Financial Survey

Transcontinental Realty Investors (NYSE:TCI) is one of 329 public companies in the “Real Estate Management & Development” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Transcontinental Realty Investors to similar businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

32.5% of shares of all “Real Estate Management & Development” companies are held by institutional investors. 86.2% of Transcontinental Realty Investors shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.1% of shares of all “Real Estate Management & Development” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Transcontinental Realty Investors and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Transcontinental Realty Investors	1	0	0	0	1.00
Transcontinental Realty Investors Competitors	1580	4687	7440	207	2.45

As a group, “Real Estate Management & Development” companies have a potential upside of 19.99%. Given Transcontinental Realty Investors’ competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Transcontinental Realty Investors has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Transcontinental Realty Investors and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Transcontinental Realty Investors	$49.06 million	$13.80 million	53.18
Transcontinental Realty Investors Competitors	$2.69 billion	-$400.38 million	29.25

Transcontinental Realty Investors’ competitors have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Transcontinental Realty Investors. Transcontinental Realty Investors 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.

Risk and Volatility

Transcontinental Realty Investors has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Transcontinental Realty Investors’ competitors have a beta of -0.20, indicating that their average share price is 120% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Transcontinental Realty Investors and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Transcontinental Realty Investors	16.08%	-0.17%	-0.13%
Transcontinental Realty Investors Competitors	-263.79%	-682.75%	-1.07%

Summary

Transcontinental Realty Investors beats its competitors on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About Transcontinental Realty Investors

Transcontinental Realty Investors, Inc., a Dallas-based real estate investment company, holds a diverse portfolio of equity real estate located across the U.S., including office buildings, apartments, shopping centers, and developed and undeveloped land. The Company invests in real estate through direct ownership, leases and partnerships and invests in mortgage loans on real estate. The Company also holds mortgage receivables.