Financial Comparison: Marcus & Millichap (NYSE:MMI) versus Agile Property (OTCMKTS:AGPYY)

Agile Property (OTCMKTS:AGPYY) and Marcus & Millichap (NYSE:MMI) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Volatility and Risk

Agile Property has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marcus & Millichap has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Agile Property and Marcus & Millichap’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Agile Property	N/A	N/A	N/A
Marcus & Millichap	-0.89%	-0.58%	-0.43%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Agile Property and Marcus & Millichap, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Agile Property	0	0	0	0	0.00
Marcus & Millichap	2	2	0	0	1.50

Marcus & Millichap has a consensus price target of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.54%. Given Marcus & Millichap’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Marcus & Millichap is more favorable than Agile Property.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

62.8% of Marcus & Millichap shares are held by institutional investors. 39.2% of Marcus & Millichap 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.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Agile Property and Marcus & Millichap”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Agile Property	$6.03 billion	N/A	-$2.25 billion	N/A	N/A
Marcus & Millichap	$696.06 million	1.40	-$12.36 million	($0.16)	-156.90

Marcus & Millichap has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Agile Property.

Summary

Marcus & Millichap beats Agile Property on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Agile Property

Agile Group Holdings Limited, an investment holding company, engages in the property development, property management, and other businesses in the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, and internationally. The company develops and sells properties; provides property construction, ecological landscaping, and home and decoration, environmental protection, and commercial management services. It also engages in city sanitation, and cleaning services, as well as hotel operation and property investment. In addition, the company operates ecological industrial park; offers hazardous industrial waste treatment, and waste water treatment. The company was formerly known as Agile Property Holdings Limited and changed its name to Agile Group Holdings Limited in July 2016. Agile Group Holdings Limited was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Guangzhou, the People's Republic of China. Agile Group Holdings Limited is a subsidiary of Top Coast Investment Limited.

About Marcus & Millichap

Marcus & Millichap, Inc. engages in the provision of investment real estate brokerage services. It specializes in commercial real estate investment sales, property financing, research, and advisory services. The company was founded by George M. Marcus and William A. Millichap in 1971 and is headquartered in Calabasas, CA.