Brookfield (NYSE:BN – Get Rating) and J.W. Mays (NASDAQ:MAYS – Get Rating) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
Volatility & Risk
Brookfield has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J.W. Mays has a beta of 0.04, meaning that its share price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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Insider and Institutional Ownership
60.9% of Brookfield shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.0% of J.W. Mays shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.0% of Brookfield shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.7% of J.W. Mays shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Brookfield and J.W. Mays' top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio |
| Brookfield | $75.73 billion | 0.65 | $3.97 billion | $2.05 | 15.35 |
| J.W. Mays | $21.40 million | 4.54 | -$710,000.00 | ($0.13) | -370.00 |
Brookfield has higher revenue and earnings than J.W. Mays. J.W. Mays is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Brookfield and J.W. Mays' net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets |
| Brookfield | 3.86% | 2.67% | 0.86% |
| J.W. Mays | -1.19% | -0.14% | -0.08% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Brookfield and J.W. Mays, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score |
| Brookfield | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 |
| J.W. Mays | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Brookfield currently has a consensus target price of $53.00, indicating a potential upside of 68.47%. Given Brookfield's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Brookfield is more favorable than J.W. Mays.
Summary
Brookfield beats J.W. Mays on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Brookfield
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Brookfield Asset Management is an alternative asset manager and REIT/Real Estate Investment Manager firm focuses on real estate, renewable power, infrastructure and venture capital and private equity assets. It manages a range of public and private investment products and services for institutional and retail clients. It typically makes investments in sizeable, premier assets across geographies and asset classes. It invests both its own capital as well as capital from other investors. Within private equity and venture capital, it focuses on acquisition, early ventures, control buyouts and financially distressed, buyouts and corporate carve-outs, recapitalizations, convertible, senior and mezzanine financings, operational and capital structure restructuring, strategic re-direction, turnaround, and under-performing midmarket companies. It invests in both public debt and equity markets. It invests in private equity sectors with focus on Business Services include infrastructure, healthcare, road fuel distribution and marketing, construction and real estate; Industrials include manufacturers of automotive batteries, graphite electrodes, returnable plastic packaging, and sanitation management and development; and Residential/ infrastructure services. It targets companies which likely possess underlying real assets, primarily in sectors such as industrial products, building materials, metals, mining, homebuilding, oil and gas, paper and packaging, manufacturing and forest product sectors. It invests globally with focus on North America including Brazil, the United States, Canada; Europe; and Australia; and Asia-Pacific. The firm considers equity investments in the range of $2 million to $500 million. It has a four-year investment period and a 10-year term with two one-year extensions. The firm prefers to take minority stake and majority stake. Brookfield Asset Management Inc. was founded in 1997 and based in Toronto, Canada with additional offices across Northern America; South America; Europe; Middle East and Asia.
About J.W. Mays
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J.W. Mays, Inc. owns, operates, and leases commercial real estate properties in United States. The company's properties are located in Brooklyn, Jamaica, Fishkill, Levittown, and Massapequa of New York; and Circleville of Ohio. J.W. Mays, Inc. was founded in 1924 and is based in Brooklyn, New York.
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