Brookfield Property Partners L.P. (NYSE: BPY) and St. Joe Company (The) (NYSE:JOE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
Risk & Volatility
Brookfield Property Partners L.P. has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, St. Joe Company (The) has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Brookfield Property Partners L.P. and St. Joe Company (The)’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | EBITDA | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Brookfield Property Partners L.P. | $6.95 billion | 0.88 | $3.85 billion | $1.58 | 15.08 |
| St. Joe Company (The) | $89.52 million | 15.03 | $8.60 million | $0.29 | 65.86 |
Brookfield Property Partners L.P. has higher revenue and earnings than St. Joe Company (The). Brookfield Property Partners L.P. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than St. Joe Company (The), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings for Brookfield Property Partners L.P. and St. Joe Company (The), as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Brookfield Property Partners L.P. | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 |
| St. Joe Company (The) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Brookfield Property Partners L.P. presently has a consensus price target of $26.50, indicating a potential upside of 11.25%. Given Brookfield Property Partners L.P.’s higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Brookfield Property Partners L.P. is more favorable than St. Joe Company (The).
Dividends
Brookfield Property Partners L.P. pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. St. Joe Company (The) does not pay a dividend. Brookfield Property Partners L.P. pays out 74.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
64.4% of Brookfield Property Partners L.P. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.2% of St. Joe Company (The) shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.8% of St. Joe Company (The) shares are owned by 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.
Profitability
This table compares Brookfield Property Partners L.P. and St. Joe Company (The)’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Brookfield Property Partners L.P. | 17.30% | 2.52% | 1.08% |
| St. Joe Company (The) | 23.02% | 3.08% | 2.04% |
Summary
St. Joe Company (The) beats Brookfield Property Partners L.P. on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
Brookfield Property Partners L.P. Company Profile
Brookfield Property Partners L.P. is a diversified global real estate company. The Company owns, operates and develops a portfolio of office, retail, multifamily, industrial, hospitality, triple net lease, self-storage and student housing assets. Its partnership is Brookfield Asset Management Inc.’s public commercial property entity and the primary vehicle through which it invests in real estate on a global basis. It operates through four segments: Core Office, Core Retail, Opportunistic and Corporate. As of December 31, 2016, its Core Office segment consisted of interests in 142 office properties totaling 99 million square feet. As of December 31, 2016, its Core Retail segment consisted of interests in 127 regional malls and urban retail properties. As of December 31, 2016, its Opportunistic segment consisted of 107 office properties comprising approximately 29 million square feet of office space in the United States, United Kingdom, Brazil and Asia.
St. Joe Company (The) Company Profile
The St. Joe Company is a real estate development, asset management and operating company. The Company operates through five segments: residential real estate; commercial real estate; resorts and leisure; leasing operations, and forestry. Its residential real estate segment plans and develops primary residential and resort residential communities of various sizes on its existing land. Its commercial real estate segment plans, develops, manages and sells real estate. Resorts and leisure segment features a portfolio of vacation rentals and hotel operations, as well as golf courses, a beach club, marinas and other related resort amenities. Its leasing operations business includes its retail and commercial leasing. Its forestry segment focuses on the management of its timber holdings in Northwest Florida.
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