Head to Head Contrast: Safe and Green Development (SGD) & Its Competitors

Safe and Green Development (NASDAQ:SGD) is one of 31 publicly-traded companies in the “REAL ESTATE DEV” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Safe and Green Development to similar companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Safe and Green Development and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Safe and Green Development	1	0	0	0	1.00
Safe and Green Development Competitors	169	644	287	11	2.13

As a group, “REAL ESTATE DEV” companies have a potential upside of 24.85%. Given Safe and Green Development’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Safe and Green Development has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

2.6% of Safe and Green Development shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.7% of shares of all “REAL ESTATE DEV” companies are owned by institutional investors. 14.3% of Safe and Green Development shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 35.7% of shares of all “REAL ESTATE DEV” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Safe and Green Development has a beta of 3.59, suggesting that its share price is 259% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Safe and Green Development’s competitors have a beta of -6.48, suggesting that their average share price is 748% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Safe and Green Development and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Safe and Green Development	-766.20%	-741.44%	-60.41%
Safe and Green Development Competitors	-41.60%	-41.72%	-1.39%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Safe and Green Development and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Safe and Green Development	$210,000.00	-$8.91 million	-0.17
Safe and Green Development Competitors	$19.50 billion	-$81.10 million	5.44

Safe and Green Development’s competitors have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Safe and Green Development. Safe and Green Development is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Safe and Green Development competitors beat Safe and Green Development on 11 of the 13 factors compared.

Safe and Green Development Company Profile

Safe and Green Development Corporation operates as a real estate development company. It focuses on building single and multifamily projects. The company was formerly known as SGB Development Corp. and changed its name to Safe and Green Development Corporation in December 2022. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is based in Miami, Florida. Safe and Green Development Corporation is a subsidiary of Safe & Green Holdings Corp.