Lendlease Group (LLESY) and Its Peers Critical Review

Lendlease Group (OTCMKTS:LLESY) is one of 330 publicly-traded companies in the “Real Estate Management & Development” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Lendlease Group to related companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares Lendlease Group and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lendlease Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Lendlease Group Competitors	-242.66%	-688.59%	-1.24%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Lendlease Group and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lendlease Group	N/A	N/A	1.39
Lendlease Group Competitors	$5.54 billion	-$394.99 million	9.34

Lendlease Group’s competitors have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Lendlease Group. Lendlease Group 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.

Dividends

Lendlease Group pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Lendlease Group pays out 5.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Real Estate Management & Development” companies pay a dividend yield of 4.9% and pay out 47.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Lendlease Group and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lendlease Group	0	1	0	0	2.00
Lendlease Group Competitors	1445	4289	6988	195	2.46

As a group, “Real Estate Management & Development” companies have a potential upside of 23.79%. Given Lendlease Group’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lendlease Group has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.1% of Lendlease Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.7% of shares of all “Real Estate Management & Development” companies are held by institutional investors. 27.3% of shares of all “Real Estate Management & Development” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Lendlease Group competitors beat Lendlease Group on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About Lendlease Group

Lendlease Group operates as an integrated real estate and investment company in Australia, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. It operates through Development, Construction, and Investments segments. The Development segment develops inner-city mixed-use developments, apartments, communities, retirement, retail, commercial assets, and social and economic infrastructure. The Construction segment provides project management, design, and construction services primarily in the commercial, residential, mixed use, defense, and social infrastructure sectors. The Investments segment owns and/or manages investments, including property and infrastructure co-investments, retirement livings, and the U.S. military housings. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Barangaroo, Australia.