AEI vs ILAL vs MTH Stock Comparison

Alset, International Land Alliance and Meritage Homes Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AEI Alset Inc.
$0.53 -32.1% 1M -83.6% 1Y
Market cap
$20.84M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$4.39M
Div. yield
–
Real Estate Development Real Estate
MTH Meritage Homes CORP
$63.93 -1.6% 1M -10.5% 1Y
Market cap
$4.06B
P/E
12.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$10.75B
Div. yield
–
Homebuilders Consumer Discretionary
7 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Meritage Homes leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Meritage Homes 7, International Land Alliance 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAEIILALMTHLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $20.84M $5.24M $4.06B MTH
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -0.5x — 12.3x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 1.2x 12.9x ILAL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -72.7% — -13.3% MTH
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -942.5% — 3.1% MTH
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -10.4% — 19.1% MTH
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.0x — 0.6x MTH
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -83.6% +746.7% -10.5% ILAL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -58.1%/yr +9.7%/yr +3.0%/yr ILAL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 96.2% 425.4% 38.7% MTH
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 42/100 — 69/100 MTH

Percentile Scorecard

AEIILALMTH

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

AxisAEIILALMTH
Valuation 71 #12 of 39 – 95 #2 of 21
Growth 7 #30 of 32 – 37 #13 of 20
Profitability 0 #29 of 29 – 59 #8 of 18
Financial Health 92 #4 of 38 – 53 #9 of 18
Shareholder Returns – – 100 #1 of 17
Overall 42 – 69
  • AEI ranked among 42 companies in Property Developers
  • ILAL ranked among 42 companies in Property Developers
  • MTH ranked among 24 companies in Homebuilding

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodAEIILALMTHSPY
1 month -32.1%-68.2%-1.6% -0.2%
3 months -48.5%-69.8%-12.7% +3.9%
6 months -64.7%-81.9%-7.8% +8.2%
Year to date -84.6%+452.2%-2.8% +12.9%
1 year -83.6%+746.7%-10.5% +12.3%
3 years -59.2%+746.7%+14.6% +87.4%
3 years, per year -25.9%+103.9%+4.7% +23.3%
5 years -98.7%+58.7%+16.1% +67.9%
5 years, per year -58.1%+9.7%+3.0% +10.9%
10 years ——+316.5% +261.1%
10 years, per year ——+15.3% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureAEIILALMTHSPY
Volatility, 1Y 96.2%425.4%38.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 98.6%182.5%35.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.71-0.240.99 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.871.76-0.27 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -98.9%-96.7%-46.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -86.1%-88.5%-24.9% -1.2%
52-week high $3.81$11.00$85.18 $779.14
52-week low $0.53$0.14$57.86 $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.

MultipleAEIILALMTH
P/E now vs peer median -0.5xmedian 7.9x —median 7.9x 12.8xmedian 12.7x
P/S now vs peer median 4.7xmedian 4.7x —median 4.7x 0.4xmedian 0.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 0.3xmedian 11.2x —median 11.2x 3.0xmedian 9.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 6.2x —median 6.2x 10.0xmedian 15.9x
P/B now vs peer median 0.2xmedian 0.6x —median 0.6x 0.8xmedian 1.1x
PEG now vs peer median -0.01median 0.32 —median 0.32 -0.53median 1.06

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 monthsAEIILALMTH
Revenue $4.39M – $10.75B
Gross profit $863.16K – $1.91B
Operating income -$13.01M – $1.71B
Net income -$42.10M – $329.27M
Free cash flow – – $414.71M
EPS (diluted) $-1.06 – $4.98
Cash & equivalents $12.33M – $807.27M
Total debt $5.26M $34.32M $7.35B
Shares (diluted) 38.90M 3.75M 66.13M
Enterprise value -$115.48M $5.24M $980.74M

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
MetricAEIILALMTH
P/E -0.5x – 12.8x
P/FCF – – 10.0x
P/Operating cash flow – – 9.5x
P/S 4.7x – 0.4x
P/B 0.2x – 0.8x
P/Tangible book 0.2x – 0.8x
EV/EBITDA 0.3x – 3.0x
EV/EBIT 0.3x – 3.0x
EV/Revenue -0.8x – 0.5x
EV/FCF – – 12.6x
EV/Operating cash flow – – 11.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.01 – -0.53

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAEIILALMTH
Revenue growth (1Y) -72.7% – -13.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -41.3% – -5.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -87.6% – -32.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -50.7% – -16.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) -127.1% – -34.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -157.5% – -17.4%
Net income growth (1Y) -199.7% – -48.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -3.1% – -26.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 1.6% – -43.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 34.3% – -24.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – – 298.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – -23.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – – 267.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – -23.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAEIILALMTH
Gross margin 19.7% – 17.8%
EBITDA margin -271.7% – 16.1%
Operating margin -296.3% – 15.9%
Pretax margin -1,031% – 3.9%
Net margin -942.5% – 3.1%
FCF margin – – 3.9%
Operating cash flow margin – – 4.1%
Return on equity -33.7% – 6.5%
Return on assets – – 4.4%
Return on invested capital -10.4% – 19.1%
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover – – 1.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – – 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 36.0% – 0.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAEIILALMTH
Debt / assets 0.4% – 24.5%
Debt / equity 0.0x – 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.0x – 0.6x
Debt / FCF – – 4.5x
Liabilities / assets 2.2% – 33.1%
Equity / assets 97.8% – 66.9%
Interest coverage -1,915x – 615.5x
Current ratio 12.0x – –
Quick ratio 10.4x – –
Cash ratio 9.8x – –
Altman Z-score 0.90 – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAEIILALMTH
Dividend yield – – 2.9%
Net buyback yield – – 10.4%
Shareholder yield – – 13.4%
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.

ConsensusAEIILALMTH
Forward P/E – 1.2xFY2023 12.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $1.02FY2023 $4.96FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – – -21.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +827.5% +4.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $8.48MFY2023 $5.10BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – – -12.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +250.0% +14.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAEIILALMTH
Held by institutions 5.8% – 100.0%
Institutions holding 18 – 398
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.3% – +2.7%
Institutions buying 6 – 204
Institutions selling 8 – 146
Buyers to sellers 0.75 – 1.40

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.

AEIILALMTH
AEI 1.00 -0.13 0.02
ILAL -0.13 1.00 0.07
MTH 0.02 0.07 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AEI, ILAL and MTH?

Meritage Homes (MTH) is the largest by market capitalisation: Alset (AEI) $20.84M, International Land Alliance (ILAL) $5.24M, Meritage Homes (MTH) $4.06B.

Which company is growing faster?

Meritage Homes (MTH) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Alset (AEI) -72.7%, Meritage Homes (MTH) -13.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Meritage Homes (MTH) has the highest net margin (Alset (AEI) -942.5%, Meritage Homes (MTH) 3.1%). On return on invested capital, Meritage Homes (MTH) leads (Alset (AEI) -10.4%, Meritage Homes (MTH) 19.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year International Land Alliance (ILAL) returned the most: Alset (AEI) -83.6%, International Land Alliance (ILAL) +746.7%, Meritage Homes (MTH) -10.5%. Over five years, International Land Alliance (ILAL) compounded fastest (Alset (AEI) -58.1%/yr, International Land Alliance (ILAL) +9.7%/yr, Meritage Homes (MTH) +3.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Meritage Homes (MTH) has been the steadiest (Alset (AEI) 96.2%, International Land Alliance (ILAL) 425.4%, Meritage Homes (MTH) 38.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AEI, ILAL and MTH?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Meritage Homes (MTH) 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.