Analyzing Green Brick Partners (NASDAQ:GRBK) & Iida Group (OTCMKTS:ANTOF)

Green Brick Partners (NASDAQ:GRBK) and Iida Group (OTCMKTS:ANTOF) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares Green Brick Partners and Iida Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Green Brick Partners	17.78%	25.42%	17.10%
Iida Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Green Brick Partners and Iida Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Green Brick Partners	0	2	0	0	2.00
Iida Group	0	0	0	0	N/A

Green Brick Partners currently has a consensus price target of $69.00, indicating a potential downside of 7.95%. Given Green Brick Partners’ higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Green Brick Partners is more favorable than Iida Group.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Green Brick Partners and Iida Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Green Brick Partners	$1.88 billion	1.79	$284.63 million	$6.59	11.37
Iida Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	C$172.94	0.10

Green Brick Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Iida Group. Iida Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Green Brick Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

78.2% of Green Brick Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Iida Group shares are held by institutional investors. 44.4% of Green Brick Partners shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Green Brick Partners beats Iida Group on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Green Brick Partners

Green Brick Partners, Inc. is a diversified homebuilding and land development company in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Builder operations Central, Builder operations Southeast, and Land Development. The Builder operations Central segment operates builders in Texas; and the closing and delivery of homes. The Builder operations Southeast operates builders in Georgia and Florida. The Land Development segment acquires land for the development of residential lots that are transferred to our controlled builders or sold to third party homebuilders. It also provides financial services platform, including mortgage and title services. In addition, the company is engaged in all aspects of the homebuilding process, including land acquisition and development, entitlements, design, construction, marketing, and sales for its residential neighborhoods and master-planned communities. Green Brick Partners, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Plano, Texas.

About Iida Group

Iida Group Holdings Co., Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the purchase, planning, design, construction, sale, and after-sales service of detached houses and house condominiums in Japan. It is also involved in the contract construction; real estate brokerage; laminated timber manufacturing and pre-cut processing; manufacture and sale of window glasses used in houses; operates resort facilities; travel agency; finance and insurance; and housing land development, groundwork, water supply, and drainage businesses. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.