DOUG vs FNF vs COMP Stock Comparison

Douglas Elliman, Fidelity National Financial and Compass Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
DOUG Douglas Elliman Inc.
$1.61 +3.2% 1M -40.8% 1Y
Market cap
$136.71M
P/E
5.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.01B
Div. yield
–
Residential Brokerage Real Estate
2 wins
COMP Compass, Inc.
$9.69 +3.2% 1M +20.7% 1Y
Market cap
$7.36B
P/E
110.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$10.56B
Div. yield
–
Residential Brokerage Real Estate
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Fidelity National Financial leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Fidelity National Financial 7, Douglas Elliman 2, Compass 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDOUGFNFCOMPLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $136.71M $10.55B $7.36B FNF
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 5.5x 13.7x 110.1x DOUG
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 8.3x 60.6x FNF
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -2.7% +13.0% +67.8% COMP
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 2.5% 5.0% 0.6% FNF
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 5.6% 0.0% FNF
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -0.1x 25.9x FNF
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.05% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -40.8% -27.4% +20.7% COMP
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — -1.7%/yr -5.7%/yr FNF
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 61.9% 27.6% 64.9% FNF
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 61/100 57/100 40/100 DOUG

Percentile Scorecard

DOUGFNFCOMP

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

AxisDOUGFNFCOMP
Valuation 88 #3 of 18 90 #13 of 119 24 #14 of 18
Growth 47 #9 of 16 33 #78 of 115 80 #4 of 16
Profitability 47 #9 of 16 63 #42 of 113 27 #12 of 16
Financial Health 63 #7 of 17 38 #71 of 114 31 #12 of 17
Shareholder Returns – 60 #43 of 107 –
Overall 61 57 40
  • DOUG ranked among 19 companies in Real Estate Services
  • FNF ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • COMP ranked among 19 companies in Real Estate Services

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodDOUGFNFCOMPSPY
1 month +3.2%-3.5%+3.2% -0.8%
3 months -7.5%-23.2%-18.0% +3.5%
6 months -14.8%-22.9%+19.8% +7.0%
Year to date -32.1%-26.8%-8.3% +12.2%
1 year -40.8%-27.4%+20.7% +13.0%
3 years -9.0%+8.2%+375.0% +86.3%
3 years, per year -3.1%+2.7%+68.2% +23.1%
5 years —-8.1%-25.2% +68.6%
5 years, per year —-1.7%-5.7% +11.0%
10 years —+64.7%— +258.0%
10 years, per year —+5.1%— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureDOUGFNFCOMPSPY
Volatility, 1Y 61.9%27.6%64.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 69.2%29.4%55.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.290.292.35 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.66-0.990.32 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -91.0%-40.2%-86.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -43.5%-30.6%-28.6% -1.8%
52-week high $2.85$57.61$13.58 $779.14
52-week low $1.40$38.66$6.68 $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.

MultipleDOUGFNFCOMP
P/E now vs peer median 5.5xmedian 21.2x 13.8xmedian 10.6x 110.0xmedian 21.2x
P/S now vs peer median 0.1xmedian 0.7x 0.7xmedian 1.4x 0.7xmedian 0.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 9.8x 4.5xmedian 7.6x 103.0xmedian 9.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median -7.8xmedian 12.3x 2.0xmedian 8.6x 56.9xmedian 12.3x
P/B now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 1.8x 1.2xmedian 1.5x 2.4xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median 0.15median 0.51 0.93median 0.52 4.00median 0.51

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 monthsDOUGFNFCOMP
Revenue $1.01B $15.36B $10.56B
Gross profit $175.64M $15.08B –
Operating income $35.43M $1.46B -$276.10M
Net income $25.12M $912.00M $66.90M
Free cash flow -$18.69M $5.43B $128.30M
R&D – – $360.50M
EPS (diluted) $0.29 $2.89 $0.08
Cash & equivalents $105.23M $3.58B $694.00M
Total debt – $4.38B $3.14B
Shares (diluted) 85.71M 267.00M 842.38M
Enterprise value -$322.99M -$7.85B $5.81B

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
MetricDOUGFNFCOMP
P/E 5.5x 13.8x 110.0x
P/FCF -7.8x 2.0x 56.9x
P/Operating cash flow -8.8x 1.9x 47.2x
P/S 0.1x 0.7x 0.7x
P/B 0.9x 1.2x 2.4x
P/Tangible book 1.5x 1.2x 486.6x
EV/EBITDA 0.9x 4.5x 103.0x
EV/EBIT 1.2x 7.2x -35.3x
EV/Revenue 0.0x 0.7x 0.9x
EV/FCF -2.2x 1.9x 76.0x
EV/Operating cash flow -2.5x 1.9x 63.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.15 0.93 4.00

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDOUGFNFCOMP
Revenue growth (1Y) -2.7% 13.0% 67.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 1.2% 10.8% 27.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -15.2% 13.0% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 1.6% 14.8% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 202.5% 21.4% -368.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 37.5% 61.9% 17.8%
Net income growth (1Y) 140.2% -21.0% 223.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 36.4% 20.9% 28.7%
EPS growth (1Y) 139.6% -26.7% 186.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 36.2% 14.9% 27.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -235.3% -19.0% -5.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 18.8% -2.5% 42.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -91.1% -19.3% -12.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 24.5% -2.6% 37.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDOUGFNFCOMP
Gross margin 17.5% 98.2% –
EBITDA margin 4.3% 15.2% 0.9%
Operating margin 3.5% 9.5% -2.6%
Pretax margin 2.8% 11.3% -3.3%
Net margin 2.5% 5.0% 0.6%
FCF margin -1.9% 35.3% 1.2%
Operating cash flow margin -1.7% 36.2% 1.5%
Return on equity 14.5% 10.3% 2.3%
Return on assets 5.5% 0.8% 0.8%
Return on invested capital – 5.6% 0.0%
Return on capital employed 10.6% – -4.0%
Asset turnover 2.3x 0.1x 1.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.7x 6.1x 2.3x
Stock comp / revenue 0.7% 0.6% 2.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDOUGFNFCOMP
Debt / assets – 3.8% 37.7%
Debt / equity – 0.5x 1.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – -0.1x 25.9x
Debt / FCF – 0.8x 24.5x
Liabilities / assets 62.4% 92.3% 64.2%
Equity / assets 37.6% 7.7% 35.8%
Interest coverage 17.7x 6.0x -3.4x
Current ratio 1.5x – 1.1x
Quick ratio 1.3x – 0.7x
Cash ratio 1.0x – 0.5x
Altman Z-score 2.59 – 1.55

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDOUGFNFCOMP
Dividend yield – 5.2% –
Net buyback yield – 1.9% -0.4%
Shareholder yield 0.0% 7.1% -0.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 60.6% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 10.2% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 2.0% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 4.3% –

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.

ConsensusDOUGFNFCOMP
Forward P/E – 8.3xFY2026 60.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.24FY2026 $4.82FY2026 $0.16FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -3.0%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after – +16.6% +37.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.09BFY2026 $14.25BFY2026 $15.07BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +6.2%FY2026 -1.4%FY2026 +116.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +7.7% +3.0% -1.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDOUGFNFCOMP
Held by institutions 51.2% 83.3% 93.4%
Institutions holding 132 711 431
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.5% +1.9% +7.4%
Institutions buying 67 320 242
Institutions selling 41 257 119
Buyers to sellers 1.63 1.25 2.03

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.

DOUGFNFCOMP
DOUG 1.00 0.18 0.38
FNF 0.18 1.00 0.24
COMP 0.38 0.24 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DOUG, FNF and COMP?

Fidelity National Financial (FNF) is the largest by market capitalisation: Douglas Elliman (DOUG) $136.71M, Fidelity National Financial (FNF) $10.55B, Compass (COMP) $7.36B.

Which stock is cheaper, DOUG, FNF and COMP?

Douglas Elliman (DOUG) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Douglas Elliman (DOUG) 5.5x, Fidelity National Financial (FNF) 13.7x, Compass (COMP) 110.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Fidelity National Financial (FNF) is cheapest (Fidelity National Financial (FNF) 8.3x, Compass (COMP) 60.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Compass (COMP) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Douglas Elliman (DOUG) -2.7%, Fidelity National Financial (FNF) +13.0%, Compass (COMP) +67.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Fidelity National Financial (FNF) has the highest net margin (Douglas Elliman (DOUG) 2.5%, Fidelity National Financial (FNF) 5.0%, Compass (COMP) 0.6%). On return on invested capital, Fidelity National Financial (FNF) leads (Fidelity National Financial (FNF) 5.6%, Compass (COMP) 0.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Compass (COMP) returned the most: Douglas Elliman (DOUG) -40.8%, Fidelity National Financial (FNF) -27.4%, Compass (COMP) +20.7%. Over five years, Fidelity National Financial (FNF) compounded fastest (Fidelity National Financial (FNF) -1.7%/yr, Compass (COMP) -5.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Douglas Elliman (DOUG) 0.00%, Fidelity National Financial (FNF) 0.05%, Compass (COMP) 0.00%. Douglas Elliman (DOUG) and Compass (COMP) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Fidelity National Financial (FNF) has been the steadiest (Douglas Elliman (DOUG) 61.9%, Fidelity National Financial (FNF) 27.6%, Compass (COMP) 64.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, DOUG, FNF and COMP?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Fidelity National Financial (FNF) 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.