Reviewing Guangzhou R&F Properties (GZUHY) and The Competition

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.0% of Guangzhou R&F Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.7% of shares of all “Real Estate Management & Development” companies are owned by institutional investors. 27.3% of shares of all “Real Estate Management & Development” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Guangzhou R&F Properties and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Guangzhou R&F Properties	N/A	N/A	0.01
Guangzhou R&F Properties Competitors	$3.25 billion	-$394.99 million	-11.76

Guangzhou R&F Properties’ peers have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Guangzhou R&F Properties. Guangzhou R&F Properties is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Dividends

Guangzhou R&F Properties pays an annual dividend of $10.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1,781.0%. Guangzhou R&F Properties pays out 23.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Real Estate Management & Development” companies pay a dividend yield of 4.9% and pay out 48.9% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Guangzhou R&F Properties is clearly a better dividend stock than its peers, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Profitability

This table compares Guangzhou R&F Properties and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Guangzhou R&F Properties	N/A	N/A	N/A
Guangzhou R&F Properties Competitors	-249.73%	-676.44%	-0.34%

Summary

Guangzhou R&F Properties beats its peers on 6 of the 9 factors compared.

Guangzhou R&F Properties Company Profile

Guangzhou R&F Properties Co., Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development and sale of residential and commercial properties in the People's Republic of China, Malaysia, Cambodia, Korea, the United Kingdom, and Australia. It invests in and develops various properties, including hotels, office buildings, shopping malls, logistics parks, and other retail properties in Beijing, Guangzhou, and other cities; and engages in construction business. The company is also involved in the operation and management of hotels and a theme park under the Hainan R&F Ocean Paradise name; provides property management and leasing, and architectural and engineering design services, as well as marketing development services; and operates a football club. In addition, it operates offline exhibition and trading complex; and offers online ecological industry operation platform services. Further, the company operates diet, healthcare, sports, and culture and entertainment centers; and a hospital that provides prevention and healthcare, health assessment and management, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation services, as well as elderly care services. Additionally, it provides planning and designing, supervision, construction, landscaping, electrical and service installation, and interior decoration services. The company also engages in the design and consulting of buildings and urban planning projects; installation of electromechanical and crane equipment, fire-fighting facilities, intelligent construction, power supply, and distribution projects. It operated 92 deluxe hotels. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Guangzhou, the People's Republic of China.