AEI vs HHH vs MLP Stock Comparison

Alset, Howard Hughes Holdings and Maui Land & Pineapple Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AEI Alset Inc.
$0.59 -24.4% 1M -79.0% 1Y
Market cap
$20.54M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$4.39M
Div. yield
–
Real Estate Development Real Estate
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Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Howard Hughes Holdings leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Howard Hughes Holdings 7, Alset 1, Maui Land & Pineapple 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAEIHHHMLPLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $20.54M $4.34B $282.78M HHH
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -0.5x 14.8x -61.1x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 15.9x — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -72.7% +34.0% -4.1% HHH
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -942.5% 12.3% -28.6% HHH
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -10.4% 4.0% — HHH
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.0x 4.0x — AEI
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -79.0% -10.2% -13.0% HHH
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -56.7%/yr -2.8%/yr +6.0%/yr MLP
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 95.8% 33.8% 35.5% HHH
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 41/100 64/100 34/100 HHH

Percentile Scorecard

AEIHHHMLP

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAEIHHHMLP
Valuation 66 #14 of 39 84 #7 of 39 8 #36 of 39
Growth 6 #31 of 33 75 #9 of 33 47 #18 of 33
Profitability 0 #30 of 30 72 #9 of 30 24 #23 of 30
Financial Health 92 #4 of 38 24 #29 of 38 57 #17 of 38
Shareholder Returns – – –
Overall 41 64 34
  • AEI ranked among 42 companies in Property Developers
  • HHH ranked among 42 companies in Property Developers
  • MLP ranked among 42 companies in Property Developers

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAEIHHHMLPSPY
1 month -24.4%+7.1%-13.5% -0.8%
3 months -43.8%+11.2%-19.3% +3.5%
6 months -60.4%+15.0%-9.6% +7.0%
Year to date -82.8%-8.1%-17.6% +12.2%
1 year -79.0%-10.2%-13.0% +13.0%
3 years -54.6%+17.2%-5.9% +86.3%
3 years, per year -23.2%+5.4%-2.0% +23.1%
5 years -98.5%-13.1%+34.0% +68.6%
5 years, per year -56.7%-2.8%+6.0% +11.0%
10 years —-28.8%+112.5% +258.0%
10 years, per year —-3.3%+7.8% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureAEIHHHMLPSPY
Volatility, 1Y 95.8%33.8%35.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 97.9%31.5%32.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.750.790.29 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.82-0.30-0.37 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -98.9%-49.0%-46.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -84.5%-18.4%-29.9% -1.8%
52-week high $3.81$89.85$19.92 $779.14
52-week low $0.56$60.20$13.96 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAEIHHHMLP
P/E now vs peer median -0.6xmedian 7.8x 12.9xmedian 7.8x -60.0xmedian 7.8x
P/S now vs peer median 5.2xmedian 4.9x 1.6xmedian 4.9x 17.2xmedian 4.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 0.1xmedian 11.2x 9.4xmedian 11.2x —median 11.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 6.4x 6.1xmedian 6.4x -33.9xmedian 6.4x
P/B now vs peer median 0.2xmedian 0.6x 0.9xmedian 0.6x 8.9xmedian 0.6x
PEG now vs peer median -0.02median 0.33 0.47median 0.33 -2.42median 0.33

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAEIHHHMLP
Revenue $4.39M $2.37B $16.15M
Gross profit $863.16K $1.79B $9.37M
Operating income -$13.01M $505.99M -$5.87M
Net income -$42.10M $290.16M -$5.87M
Free cash flow – $628.36M -$8.19M
EPS (diluted) $-1.06 $4.94 $-0.23
Cash & equivalents $12.33M $2.65B $3.28M
Total debt $5.26M $5.46B $8.50M
Shares (diluted) 38.90M 59.15M 20.40M
Enterprise value -$115.77M -$3.10B $265.31M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAEIHHHMLP
P/E -0.6x 12.9x -60.0x
P/FCF – 6.1x -33.9x
P/Operating cash flow – 4.8x 779.4x
P/S 5.2x 1.6x 17.2x
P/B 0.2x 0.9x 8.9x
P/Tangible book 0.2x 1.1x 8.9x
EV/EBITDA 0.1x 9.4x –
EV/EBIT 0.1x 13.0x -48.2x
EV/Revenue -0.3x 2.8x 17.5x
EV/FCF – 10.5x -34.5x
EV/Operating cash flow – 8.4x 794.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.02 0.47 -2.42

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAEIHHHMLP
Revenue growth (1Y) -72.7% 34.0% -4.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -41.3% 20.1% 19.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -87.6% 67.9% 17.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -50.7% 31.7% 9.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) -127.1% -11.9% 10.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -157.5% 8.1% -21.8%
Net income growth (1Y) -199.7% 27.3% 10.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -3.1% 34.5% 18.5%
EPS growth (1Y) 1.6% 20.1% 67.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 34.3% 27.2% 24.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 33.7% 78.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 27.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 120.5% -94.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – -9.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAEIHHHMLP
Gross margin 19.7% 75.6% 58.0%
EBITDA margin -271.7% 29.4% –
Operating margin -296.3% 21.3% -36.3%
Pretax margin -1,031% 16.0% -36.3%
Net margin -942.5% 12.3% -28.6%
FCF margin – 26.5% -50.7%
Operating cash flow margin – 33.2% 2.2%
Return on equity -33.7% 7.4% -18.6%
Return on assets – 2.1% -12.0%
Return on invested capital -10.4% 4.0% –
Return on capital employed – – -13.9%
Asset turnover – 0.2x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 2.7x -0.1x
Stock comp / revenue 36.0% 0.7% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAEIHHHMLP
Debt / assets 0.4% 34.3% 17.1%
Debt / equity 0.0x 1.4x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.0x 4.0x –
Debt / FCF – 8.7x -1.0x
Liabilities / assets 2.2% 74.6% 37.4%
Equity / assets 97.8% 25.4% 62.6%
Interest coverage -1,915x 2.9x –
Current ratio 12.0x – 1.2x
Quick ratio 10.4x – 0.8x
Cash ratio 9.8x – 0.5x
Altman Z-score 1.39 – 6.81

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAEIHHHMLP
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield – – –
Shareholder yield – 0.0% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAEIHHHMLP
Forward P/E – 15.9xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year – $4.01FY2026 –
EPS growth, next FY – +81.4%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after – -14.2% –
Revenue, next fiscal year – $2.70BFY2026 –
Revenue growth, next FY – +83.4%FY2026 –
Revenue growth, the year after – -3.0% –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAEIHHHMLP
Held by institutions 5.8% 90.7% 23.5%
Institutions holding 18 303 66
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.3% +1.8% +28.9%
Institutions buying 6 170 23
Institutions selling 8 87 26
Buyers to sellers 0.75 1.95 0.88

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AEIHHHMLP
AEI 1.00 0.15 0.13
HHH 0.15 1.00 0.16
MLP 0.13 0.16 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AEI, HHH and MLP?

Howard Hughes Holdings (HHH) is the largest by market capitalisation: Alset (AEI) $20.54M, Howard Hughes Holdings (HHH) $4.34B, Maui Land & Pineapple (MLP) $282.78M.

Which company is growing faster?

Howard Hughes Holdings (HHH) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Alset (AEI) -72.7%, Howard Hughes Holdings (HHH) +34.0%, Maui Land & Pineapple (MLP) -4.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Howard Hughes Holdings (HHH) has the highest net margin (Alset (AEI) -942.5%, Howard Hughes Holdings (HHH) 12.3%, Maui Land & Pineapple (MLP) -28.6%). On return on invested capital, Howard Hughes Holdings (HHH) leads (Alset (AEI) -10.4%, Howard Hughes Holdings (HHH) 4.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Howard Hughes Holdings (HHH) returned the most: Alset (AEI) -79.0%, Howard Hughes Holdings (HHH) -10.2%, Maui Land & Pineapple (MLP) -13.0%. Over five years, Maui Land & Pineapple (MLP) compounded fastest (Alset (AEI) -56.7%/yr, Howard Hughes Holdings (HHH) -2.8%/yr, Maui Land & Pineapple (MLP) +6.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Howard Hughes Holdings (HHH) has been the steadiest (Alset (AEI) 95.8%, Howard Hughes Holdings (HHH) 33.8%, Maui Land & Pineapple (MLP) 35.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AEI, HHH and MLP?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Howard Hughes Holdings (HHH) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.