Critical Analysis: Star (NASDAQ:STHO) vs. Radius Global Infrastructure (NASDAQ:RADI)

Radius Global Infrastructure (NASDAQ:RADI – Get Rating) and Star (NASDAQ:STHO – Get Rating) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Radius Global Infrastructure and Star’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Radius Global Infrastructure	$135.46 million	11.72	-$60.69 million	($1.54)	-9.54
Star	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Star has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Radius Global Infrastructure.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

94.5% of Radius Global Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.7% of Radius Global Infrastructure shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Radius Global Infrastructure and Star, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Radius Global Infrastructure	1	3	2	0	2.17
Star	0	0	0	0	N/A

Radius Global Infrastructure currently has a consensus target price of $15.33, suggesting a potential upside of 4.38%. Given Radius Global Infrastructure’s higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Radius Global Infrastructure is more favorable than Star.

Profitability

This table compares Radius Global Infrastructure and Star’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Radius Global Infrastructure	-45.09%	-5.82%	-1.74%
Star	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Radius Global Infrastructure beats Star on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Radius Global Infrastructure

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Radius Global Infrastructure, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition and rental of telecom real property interests and contractual rights. The company leases wireless towers or antennae, and other communications infrastructure. As of December 31, 2021, it had interests in 8,506 leases situated on 8,186 communications sites located in the United States and 19 other countries. Radius Global Infrastructure, Inc. was founded in 2010 and is based in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.

About Star

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Star Holdings engages in the non-ground lease related commercial real estate businesses principally in the United States. Star Holdings is based in New York.