Financial Survey: Sino-Ocean Group (SIOLF) and Its Peers

Dividends

Sino-Ocean Group pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2,555.4%. Sino-Ocean Group pays out 25.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Real Estate Management & Development” companies pay a dividend yield of 4.8% and pay out 47.7% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Sino-Ocean Group is clearly a better dividend stock than its peers, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

7.0% of Sino-Ocean Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.7% of shares of all “Real Estate Management & Development” companies are owned by institutional investors. 27.3% of shares of all “Real Estate Management & Development” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Sino-Ocean Group and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sino-Ocean Group	N/A	N/A	0.01
Sino-Ocean Group Competitors	$3.28 billion	-$394.99 million	-15.39

Sino-Ocean Group’s peers have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Sino-Ocean Group. Sino-Ocean Group is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Sino-Ocean Group and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sino-Ocean Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sino-Ocean Group Competitors	-247.21%	-677.24%	-1.60%

Summary

Sino-Ocean Group beats its peers on 6 of the 9 factors compared.

About Sino-Ocean Group

Sino-Ocean Group Holding Limited, an investment holding company, engages in the property investment and development activities in the People's Republic of China. The company provides property management, commercial operational, community value-added, renovation, consultancy, land development, landscaping, elderly care, and senior housing services, as well as property sales agency and upfitting services. It also develops residential properties; and invests in office premises, shopping malls, commercial complexes, and logistics projects. The company was formerly known as Sino-Ocean Land Holdings Limited and changed its name to Sino-Ocean Group Holding Limited in May 2016. Sino-Ocean Group Holding Limited was founded in 1993 and is based in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.