Holiday Island (HIHI) vs. Its Rivals Critical Analysis

Holiday Island (OTCMKTS:HIHI) is one of 184 publicly-traded companies in the “Business services, not elsewhere classified” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Holiday Island to related companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares Holiday Island and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Holiday Island	N/A	N/A	N/A
Holiday Island Competitors	-23.39%	-161.92%	-15.19%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for Holiday Island and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Holiday Island	0	0	0	0	N/A
Holiday Island Competitors	903	5809	11922	317	2.61

As a group, “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies have a potential upside of 8.70%. Given Holiday Island’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Holiday Island has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Risk & Volatility

Holiday Island has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Holiday Island’s competitors have a beta of 1.45, indicating that their average share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

57.4% of shares of all “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies are owned by institutional investors. 15.2% of Holiday Island shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.1% of shares of all “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Holiday Island and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Holiday Island	N/A	N/A	-0.29
Holiday Island Competitors	$27.35 billion	$467.55 million	23.99

Holiday Island’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Holiday Island. Holiday Island is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Holiday Island competitors beat Holiday Island on 6 of the 9 factors compared.

Holiday Island Company Profile

Holiday Island Holdings, Inc. primarily engages in land development activities. It acquires, develops, manages, and sells income producing commercial and residential real estate properties located in Holiday Island, Arkansas. The company was formerly known as VillageEDOCS, Inc. and changed its name to Holiday Island Holdings, Inc. in February 2014. Holiday Island Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is based in Holiday Island, Arkansas.