Financial Review: Holiday Island (HIHI) & Its Peers

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

57.4% of shares of all “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies are held by institutional investors. 15.2% of Holiday Island shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.3% of shares of all “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Holiday Island and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Holiday Island	0	0	0	0	N/A
Holiday Island Competitors	902	5796	11894	316	2.61

As a group, “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies have a potential upside of 8.58%. Given Holiday Island’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Holiday Island has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Risk & Volatility

Holiday Island has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Holiday Island’s rivals have a beta of 1.41, meaning that their average stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Holiday Island and its rivals’ 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	-23.43%	-160.57%	-15.18%

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Holiday Island	N/A	N/A	-0.33
Holiday Island Competitors	$12.40 billion	$470.84 million	1.54

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

Summary

Holiday Island rivals 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.