Comparing Holiday Island (HIHI) and Its Rivals

Holiday Island (OTCMKTS:HIHI) is one of 180 public companies in the “Business services, not elsewhere classified” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Holiday Island to related companies based on the strength of its profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Holiday Island and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Holiday Island	0	0	0	0	N/A
Holiday Island Competitors	899	5760	11772	311	2.61

As a group, “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies have a potential upside of 5.66%. Given Holiday Island’s peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Holiday Island has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Volatility and Risk

Holiday Island has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Holiday Island’s peers have a beta of 1.46, suggesting that their average stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Holiday Island and its peers’ 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	-24.03%	-163.93%	-15.60%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

57.3% 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, 16.8% of shares of all “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Holiday Island and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Holiday Island	N/A	N/A	-0.33
Holiday Island Competitors	$26.14 billion	$484.17 million	20.55

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

Summary

Holiday Island peers 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.