La Rosa (NASDAQ:LRHC – Get Free Report) and ITT (NYSE:ITT – Get Free Report) are both multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current recommendations for La Rosa and ITT, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| La Rosa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| ITT | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3.00 |
ITT has a consensus price target of $206.25, indicating a potential upside of 14.07%. Given ITT’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ITT is more favorable than La Rosa.
Risk and Volatility
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares La Rosa and ITT”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| La Rosa | $78.66 million | 0.01 | -$14.45 million | ($4,661.90) | 0.00 |
| ITT | $3.63 billion | 4.28 | $518.30 million | $6.02 | 30.03 |
ITT has higher revenue and earnings than La Rosa. La Rosa is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ITT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
7.6% of La Rosa shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of ITT shares are held by institutional investors. 23.8% of La Rosa shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of ITT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares La Rosa and ITT’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| La Rosa | -35.59% | N/A | -91.73% |
| ITT | 12.67% | 18.96% | 10.43% |
Summary
ITT beats La Rosa on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About La Rosa
La Rosa Holdings Corp., through its subsidiaries, operates primarily in the residential real estate market in the United States. The company operates through five segments: Real Estate Brokerage Services (Residential), Franchising Services, Coaching Services, Property Management, and Real Estate Brokerage Services (Commercial). It delivers coaching services to its brokers and franchisee's brokers; and franchises real estate brokerage agencies. The company also engages in the residential and commercial real estate brokerage business; and property management services to owners of single-family residential properties. La Rosa Holdings Corp. was founded in 2004 and is based in Celebration, Florida.
About ITT
ITT Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells engineered critical components and customized technology solutions for the transportation, industrial, and energy markets in the United States and internationally. The Motion Technologies segment manufactures brake pads, shims, shock absorbers, and energy absorption components; and sealing technologies primarily for the transportation industry, including passenger cars, trucks, light- and heavy-duty commercial and military vehicles, buses, and trains. This segment sells its products under ITT Friction Technologies, KONI, Wolverine Advanced Materials, Axtone, Novitek, and GALT. brand names. The Industrial Process segment provides industrial pumps, valves, and plant optimization and remote monitoring systems and services; and aftermarket solutions, such as replacement parts and services. It serves various customers in industries, such as chemical, energy, mining, and other industrial process markets. This segment sells its products under Goulds Pumps, Bornemann, Engineered Valves, PRO Services, C'treat, i-ALERT, Rheinhütte Pumpen, and Habonim brand names. The Connect & Control Technologies segment designs and manufactures a range of engineered connectors and specialized products for critical applications supporting various markets, including aerospace and defense, industrial, transportation, medical, and energy. This segment provides connector products, such as circular, rectangular, radio frequency, fiber optic, D-sub miniature, micro-miniature, and cable assemblies; and control products consist of highly engineered actuation, flow control, energy absorption, environmental control, and composite component solutions for the aerospace, defense, and industrial markets under Cannon, VEAM, BIW Connector Systems, Aerospace Controls, Enidine, Compact Automation, Neo-Dyn Process Controls, Conoflow, and Micro-Mode brand names. The company was incorporated in 1920 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.
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