Head-To-Head Review: Scully Royalty (NYSE:SRL) versus La Rosa (NASDAQ:LRHC)

Scully Royalty (NYSE:SRL) and La Rosa (NASDAQ:LRHC) are both small-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Scully Royalty and La Rosa, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Scully Royalty	1	0	0	0	1.00
La Rosa	1	0	0	0	1.00

Volatility and Risk

Scully Royalty has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, La Rosa has a beta of 2.18, indicating that its share price is 118% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Scully Royalty and La Rosa’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Scully Royalty	N/A	N/A	N/A
La Rosa	-35.59%	N/A	-91.73%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

42.0% of Scully Royalty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.6% of La Rosa shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Scully Royalty shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.8% of La Rosa 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 and Valuation

This table compares Scully Royalty and La Rosa”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Scully Royalty	$25.77 million	4.02	-$15.02 million	N/A	N/A
La Rosa	$69.45 million	0.02	-$14.45 million	($466.19)	0.00

La Rosa has higher revenue and earnings than Scully Royalty.

About Scully Royalty

Scully Royalty Ltd. operates as an iron ore mining company in the Americas, Africa, Canada, Asia, and Europe. It operates through three segments: Royalty, Industrial, and Merchant Banking. The company holds royalty interest in the Scully iron ore mine located in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It also engages in manufacturing, and medical supplies and services industries. In addition, the company offers merchant banking and financial services to small and medium sized enterprises; operates projects in resources and services; and holds two industrial real estate parks. Scully Royalty Ltd. was formerly known as MFC Bancorp Ltd. and changed its name to Scully Royalty Ltd. in June 2019. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China.

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.