Altisource Portfolio Solutions (ASPS) & The Competition Critical Survey

Altisource Portfolio Solutions (NASDAQ:ASPS) is one of 329 public companies in the “Real Estate Management & Development” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Altisource Portfolio Solutions to similar businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk and valuation.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

41.4% of Altisource Portfolio Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.5% of shares of all “Real Estate Management & Development” companies are owned by institutional investors. 19.1% of Altisource Portfolio Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.1% of shares of all “Real Estate Management & Development” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

Altisource Portfolio Solutions has a beta of 0.19, meaning that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Altisource Portfolio Solutions’ rivals have a beta of -0.22, meaning that their average stock price is 122% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Altisource Portfolio Solutions and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Altisource Portfolio Solutions	$170.98 million	$1.62 million	-6.47
Altisource Portfolio Solutions Competitors	$2.84 billion	-$400.32 million	9.92

Altisource Portfolio Solutions’ rivals have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Altisource Portfolio Solutions. Altisource Portfolio Solutions 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Altisource Portfolio Solutions and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Altisource Portfolio Solutions	1	1	0	1	2.33
Altisource Portfolio Solutions Competitors	1579	4684	7438	207	2.45

Altisource Portfolio Solutions presently has a consensus target price of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 38.89%. As a group, “Real Estate Management & Development” companies have a potential upside of 21.73%. Given Altisource Portfolio Solutions’ higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Altisource Portfolio Solutions is more favorable than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Altisource Portfolio Solutions and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Altisource Portfolio Solutions	-5.93%	-1.69%	1.31%
Altisource Portfolio Solutions Competitors	-263.80%	-682.73%	-1.07%

Summary

Altisource Portfolio Solutions beats its rivals on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About Altisource Portfolio Solutions

Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. operates as an integrated service provider and marketplace for the real estate and mortgage industries in the United States and internationally. It operates through Servicer and Real Estate, and Origination segments. The Servicer and Real Estate segment offers property preservation, inspection, title insurance and settlement, real estate valuation, foreclosure trustee, and residential and commercial construction inspection and risk mitigation services. This segment provides Hubzu, an online real estate auction platform, as well as real estate auction, real estate brokerage, and asset management services; Equator, a software-as-a-service technology to manage real estate owned, short sales, foreclosure, bankruptcy, and eviction processes; a vendor invoicing and payment system; RentRange, a single and multi-family rental data, analytics, and rent-based valuation solution; REALSynergy, a commercial loan servicing platform; and NestRange, an automated residential valuation model and analytics solution. The Origination segment offers loan fulfillment, certification and certification insurance services, management services. In addition, it provides Lendors One Loan Automation, a marketplace to order services and a tool to automate components of the loan manufacturing process; TrelixAI, a technology to manage the workflow and automate components of the loan fulfillment, pre and post close quality, and service transfer processes; and ADMS, a document management and data analytics delivery platform. The company serves financial institutions, government-sponsored enterprises, banks, asset managers, servicers, investors, property management firms, real estate brokerages, insurance companies, mortgage bankers, originators, and correspondent and private money lenders. Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.