St. Joe (NYSE:JOE – Get Free Report) and Gaucho Group (NASDAQ:VINO – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
88.6% of St. Joe shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.4% of Gaucho Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.6% of St. Joe shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of Gaucho Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares St. Joe and Gaucho Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| St. Joe | 26.73% | 13.06% | 5.95% |
| Gaucho Group | -1,112.47% | -157.84% | -93.77% |
Analyst Ratings
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| St. Joe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| Gaucho Group | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Risk & Volatility
St. Joe has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gaucho Group has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares St. Joe and Gaucho Group’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| St. Joe | $252.30 million | 12.28 | $70.93 million | $1.47 | 36.12 |
| Gaucho Group | $1.64 million | 1.00 | -$21.75 million | ($70.50) | -0.03 |
St. Joe has higher revenue and earnings than Gaucho Group. Gaucho Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than St. Joe, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
St. Joe beats Gaucho Group on 11 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About St. Joe
The St. Joe Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a real estate development, asset management, and operating company in Northwest Florida. It operates through three segments: Residential, Hospitality, and Commercial. The Residential segment plans and develops residential communities of various sizes for homebuilders or retail consumers. It primarily sells developed homesites, completed homes, parcels of entitled or undeveloped land or homesites, and a homesite residual on homebuilder, as well as offers title insurance and marketing services. The Hospitality segment owns and operates a private membership club, golf courses, beach clubs, retail outlets, marinas, and other entertainment assets. This segment also engages in the hotel, food and beverage, and gulf-front vacation rental operations, as well as provides management services. The Commercial segment engages in leasing of commercial property, multi-family, a senior living community, and other assets. This segment also plans, develops, entitles, manages, and sells commercial and rural land holdings for retail, office, hotel, senior living, multi-family, self-storage, and industrial uses; and grows and sells pulpwood, sawtimber, and other forest products. The St. Joe Company was incorporated in 1936 and is based in Panama City Beach, Florida.
About Gaucho Group
Gaucho Group Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, invests in, develops, and operates real estate projects in Argentina. The company owns and operates boutique hotel, hospitality, and luxury vineyard property market; a resort and winery property, 9-hole golf course, tennis courts, dining, and a hotel. It also manufactures and sells leather goods, ready-to-wear, home décor, fashion products, and accessories through e-commerce platforms. The company was formerly known as Algodon Group, Inc. and changed its name to Gaucho Group Holdings, Inc. in March 2019. Gaucho Group Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 1999 and is based in Miami, Florida.
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