RealPage (NASDAQ: RP) and Ellie Mae (NASDAQ:ELLI) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitabiliy, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Profitability
This table compares RealPage and Ellie Mae’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| RealPage | 3.69% | 10.51% | 5.08% |
| Ellie Mae | 10.32% | 5.72% | 5.09% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for RealPage and Ellie Mae, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| RealPage | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.50 |
| Ellie Mae | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2.67 |
RealPage currently has a consensus price target of $37.00, indicating a potential downside of 4.02%. Ellie Mae has a consensus price target of $117.80, indicating a potential upside of 35.79%. Given Ellie Mae’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ellie Mae is more favorable than RealPage.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares RealPage and Ellie Mae’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | EBITDA | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| RealPage | $592.66 million | 5.09 | $88.65 million | $0.27 | 142.78 |
| Ellie Mae | $393.69 million | 7.56 | $81.63 million | N/A | N/A |
RealPage has higher revenue and earnings than Ellie Mae.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
66.9% of RealPage shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.2% of RealPage shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
RealPage Company Profile
RealPage, Inc. is a provider of technology to the real estate industry, helping owners, managers and investors. The Company’s property management solutions are referred to as Enterprise Resource Planning systems. Its on demand platform provides a single point of access and a repository of real-time lease transaction data, including prospect, renter and property data. Its platform consists of four primary categories of solutions: Property Management, Lease Management, Resident Services and Asset Optimization. These solutions provide complementary asset performance and investment decision support; risk mitigation, billing and utility management; resident engagement, spend management, operations and facilities management, and lead generation and lease management capabilities that collectively enable its clients to manage all the stages of the renter life cycle. In addition, its open architecture allows third-party applications to access its solutions using its RealPage Exchange platform.
Ellie Mae Company Profile
Ellie Mae, Inc. is a provider of on-demand software solutions and services for the residential mortgage industry in the United States. Banks, credit unions, mortgage lenders and mortgage brokers use the Company’s Encompass mortgage management solution to originate and fund mortgages. The Company’s Encompass software is an enterprise solution that handles functions involved in running the business of originating mortgages, including customer relationship management; loan processing; underwriting; preparation of application, disclosure and closing documents; funding and closing the loan for the borrower; compliance with regulatory and investor requirements, and overall enterprise management. It delivers Encompass software in an on-demand Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). It also hosts the Ellie Mae Network, an electronic platform that allows Encompass users to conduct electronic business transactions with investors and service providers they work with in order to process and fund loans.
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