Analyzing Holiday Island (HIHI) & Its Rivals

Holiday Island (OTCMKTS:HIHI) is one of 192 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 businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and profitability.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

57.6% 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, 16.7% of shares of all “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Holiday Island and its rivals, 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	908	5927	12187	317	2.62

As a group, “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies have a potential upside of 9.28%. Given Holiday Island’s rivals higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Holiday Island has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Holiday Island	N/A	N/A	-0.29
Holiday Island Competitors	$4.18 billion	$437.30 million	-3.22

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

Volatility and Risk

Holiday Island has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Holiday Island’s rivals have a beta of 1.26, indicating that their average stock price is 26% 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	-15.36%	-156.04%	-5.03%

Summary

Holiday Island rivals beat Holiday Island on 5 of the 9 factors compared.

About Holiday Island

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.