Comparing Iida Group (OTCMKTS:ANTOF) and Green Brick Partners (NASDAQ:GRBK)

Iida Group (OTCMKTS:ANTOF) and Green Brick Partners (NASDAQ:GRBK) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Iida Group and Green Brick Partners, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Iida Group	0	0	0	0	N/A
Green Brick Partners	0	2	0	0	2.00

Green Brick Partners has a consensus price target of $69.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.89%. Given Green Brick Partners’ higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Green Brick Partners is more favorable than Iida Group.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.2% of Iida Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.2% of Green Brick Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 31.5% of Green Brick Partners shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Iida Group and Green Brick Partners’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Iida Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Green Brick Partners	17.70%	26.06%	17.70%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Iida Group and Green Brick Partners”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Iida Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	C$172.94	0.10
Green Brick Partners	$1.78 billion	1.71	$284.63 million	$7.70	8.88

Green Brick Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Iida Group. Iida Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Green Brick Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Green Brick Partners beats Iida Group on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Iida Group

Iida Group Holdings Co., Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the purchase, planning, design, construction, sale, and after-sales service of detached houses and house condominiums in Japan. It is also involved in the contract construction; real estate brokerage; laminated timber manufacturing and pre-cut processing; manufacture and sale of window glasses used in houses; operates resort facilities; travel agency; finance and insurance; and housing land development, groundwork, water supply, and drainage businesses. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

About Green Brick Partners

Green Brick Partners, Inc. is a diversified homebuilding and land development company in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Builder operations Central, Builder operations Southeast, and Land Development. The Builder operations Central segment operates builders in Texas; and the closing and delivery of homes. The Builder operations Southeast operates builders in Georgia and Florida. The Land Development segment acquires land for the development of residential lots that are transferred to our controlled builders or sold to third party homebuilders. It also provides financial services platform, including mortgage and title services. In addition, the company is engaged in all aspects of the homebuilding process, including land acquisition and development, entitlements, design, construction, marketing, and sales for its residential neighborhoods and master-planned communities. Green Brick Partners, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Plano, Texas.