Comparing BrasilAgro – Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas (NYSE:LND) & Lendway (NASDAQ:LDWY)

Institutional and Insider Ownership

1.1% of BrasilAgro – Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.6% of Lendway shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of BrasilAgro – Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.2% of Lendway shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares BrasilAgro – Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas and Lendway’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BrasilAgro – Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas	21.88%	13.06%	7.64%
Lendway	N/A	-21.56%	-4.32%

Volatility and Risk

BrasilAgro – Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lendway has a beta of 1.97, indicating that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares BrasilAgro – Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas and Lendway”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BrasilAgro – Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas	$1.20 billion	0.33	$45.37 million	$0.52	7.54
Lendway	$31.58 million	0.21	$2.41 million	($1.98)	-1.90

BrasilAgro – Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas has higher revenue and earnings than Lendway. Lendway is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BrasilAgro – Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

BrasilAgro – Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas beats Lendway on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About BrasilAgro – Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas

BrasilAgro – Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas engages in the acquisition, development, exploration, and sale of rural properties suitable for agricultural activities in Brazil and internationally. It operates through six segments: Real Estate, Grains, Sugarcane, livestock, Cotton, and Other. The company involved in the cultivation of soybean, corn, sesame, and cotton, as well as sugarcane; and production and sale of beef calves after weaning. It also imports and exports agricultural products, livestock, and forestry activities and inputs; purchases, sells, and/or rents rural/urban properties; provides real estate brokerage services; and manages third-party assets. It operates farms through own and leased lands. BrasilAgro – Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.

About Lendway

Lendway, Inc. operates as a specialty agricultural and finance company focusing on making and managing its agricultural investments in the United States and internationally. It owns and operates FarmlandCredit.com, a non-bank lending business that seeks to purchase existing loans and/or originate and fund new loans domestically. The company was formerly known as Insignia Systems, Inc. and changed its name to Lendway, Inc. in August 2023. The company was incorporated in 1990 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.