Contrasting ONEX (OTCMKTS:ONEXF) and Green Street Capital (OTCMKTS:JAGR)

ONEX (OTCMKTS:ONEXF) and Green Street Capital (OTCMKTS:JAGR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares ONEX and Green Street Capital’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ONEX	66.06%	6.68%	4.50%
Green Street Capital	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.7% of ONEX shares are owned by institutional investors. 72.4% of Green Street Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for ONEX and Green Street Capital, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ONEX	0	1	2	0	2.67
Green Street Capital	0	0	0	0	0.00

Given Green Street Capital’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Green Street Capital is more favorable than ONEX.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares ONEX and Green Street Capital”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ONEX	$899.00 million	6.60	$617.00 million	$8.27	9.42
Green Street Capital	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

ONEX has higher revenue and earnings than Green Street Capital.

Summary

ONEX beats Green Street Capital on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ONEX

Onex Corporation is a private equity firm specializing in acquisitions and platform acquisitions. The firm makes investments in buyouts, large- middle market, large-cap, mid-cap, and small-cap market and distressed companies. It also invests in recapitalization, growth capital, corporate carve-outs of subsidiaries and mission-critical supply divisions from multinational corporations, operational restructurings of undervalued businesses, and builds up. The firm seeks to invest in technology, electronics manufacturing services, industrial, aerospace, healthcare, retail, restaurants, industrials products, customer care services, metal services, building products, entertainment, gaming, cabinetry products, commercial vehicles, commercial and investment banking, financial services, commercial and multi-unit residential real estate. It invests in global businesses headquartered in North America, including United States and Canada, or Europe. The firm seeks to invest between $125 million and $1 billion in companies that have minimum revenues of $300 million. It does not consider size if the company is in an industry in which the firm already has presence. The firm seeks to make direct as well as co-investments through managed private equity, real estate and credit funds. It seeks to acquire a control position in its portfolio companies. Onex Corporation was founded in 1984 and is based in Toronto, Canada with additional offices in New York, New York; Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey; Boston, Massachusetts and London, United Kingdom.

About Green Street Capital

Green Street Capital Corp. invests in environmental technology companies that require capital for expansion or are pursuing acquisition strategies. It also recycles grease trap waste for the production of biomass feedstock used in blending biofuels. Green Street Capital Corp. was formerly known as Jaguar Mining Enterprises Inc. and changed its name to Green Street Capital Corp. in July 2010. The company is based in Tampa, Florida.