Contrasting Intergroup (NASDAQ:INTG) and Great Portland Estates (OTCMKTS:GPEAF)

Great Portland Estates (OTCMKTS:GPEAF) and Intergroup (NASDAQ:INTG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Risk and Volatility

Great Portland Estates has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intergroup has a beta of 0.15, meaning that its share price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Great Portland Estates and Intergroup, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Great Portland Estates	0	0	1	1	3.50
Intergroup	1	0	0	0	1.00

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Great Portland Estates and Intergroup”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Great Portland Estates	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Intergroup	$64.38 million	0.77	-$5.35 million	($2.47)	-9.29

Great Portland Estates has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Intergroup.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

3.4% of Intergroup shares are held by institutional investors. 74.1% of Intergroup shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Great Portland Estates and Intergroup’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Great Portland Estates	N/A	N/A	N/A
Intergroup	-8.31%	N/A	-5.01%

Summary

Great Portland Estates beats Intergroup on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Great Portland Estates

We are a FTSE 250 property investment and development company owning £2.5 billion of real estate in central London. We proactively manage our portfolio, flexing our activities in tune with London’s property cycle to deliver long-term out-performance. We create in-demand spaces that people want to be part of; helping our occupiers, local communities and the city to thrive.

About Intergroup

The InterGroup Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates a hotel under the Hilton San Francisco Financial District name located in San Francisco, California. The company operates through three segments: Hotel Operations, Real Estate Operations, and Investment Transactions. Its hotel consists of guest rooms and luxury suites, a restaurant, a lounge, a private dining room, meeting room space, a gym, a grand ballroom, 5-level underground parking garage, a pedestrian bridge, and a Chinese culture center. The company also invests in income-producing instruments, corporate debt and equity securities, publicly traded investment funds, mortgage-backed securities, securities issued by REITs, and other companies that invest primarily in real estate. In addition, it owns, manages, and invests in apartment complexes, single-family houses as strategic investments, and commercial real estate property located in the United States, as well as owns unimproved land in Maui, Hawaii. The InterGroup Corporation was founded in 1965 and is based in Los Angeles, California.