Douglas Elliman (NYSE:DOUG) & La Rosa (NASDAQ:LRHC) Head to Head Analysis

La Rosa (NASDAQ:LRHC) and Douglas Elliman (NYSE:DOUG) are both small-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for La Rosa and Douglas Elliman, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
La Rosa	0	0	0	0	N/A
Douglas Elliman	0	1	0	0	2.00

Insider & Institutional Ownership

7.6% of La Rosa shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.6% of Douglas Elliman shares are held by institutional investors. 53.3% of La Rosa shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.3% of Douglas Elliman shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares La Rosa and Douglas Elliman’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
La Rosa	$31.76 million	0.98	-$7.82 million	N/A	N/A
Douglas Elliman	$941.84 million	0.11	-$42.55 million	($0.80)	-1.48

La Rosa has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Douglas Elliman.

Profitability

This table compares La Rosa and Douglas Elliman’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
La Rosa	N/A	N/A	N/A
Douglas Elliman	-7.05%	-20.62%	-9.64%

Summary

La Rosa beats Douglas Elliman on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About La Rosa

La Rosa Holdings Corp., through its subsidiaries, operates primarily in the residential real estate market in the United States. The company operates through five segments: Real Estate Brokerage Services (Residential), Franchising Services, Coaching Services, Property Management, and Real Estate Brokerage Services (Commercial). It delivers coaching services to its brokers and franchisee's brokers; and franchises real estate brokerage agencies. The company also engages in the residential and commercial real estate brokerage business; and property management services to owners of single-family residential properties. La Rosa Holdings Corp. was founded in 2004 and is based in Celebration, Florida.

About Douglas Elliman

Douglas Elliman Inc. owns Douglas Elliman Realty, LLC, operating as a residential brokerage company in the United States with operations in New York, Florida, California, Texas, Colorado, Nevada, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. In addition, Douglas Elliman sources, uses and invests in early-stage, disruptive property technology (“PropTech”) solutions and companies and provides other real estate services, including development marketing, property management and settlement and escrow services in select markets.