FRPH vs ARL vs MAYS Stock Comparison

Frp Holdings, American Realty Investors and Mays J W Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
FRPH Frp Holdings, Inc.
$18.96 -10.2% 1M -24.1% 1Y
Market cap
$354.62M
P/E
260.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$43.62M
Div. yield
–
Real Estate Operators Real Estate
3 wins
MAYS Mays J W Inc
$42.22 +6.8% 1M +10.5% 1Y
Market cap
$90.71M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$21.43M
Div. yield
–
Real Estate Operators Real Estate
2 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

American Realty Investors leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (American Realty Investors 5, Frp Holdings 3, Mays J W 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionFRPHARLMAYSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $354.62M $256.66M $90.71M FRPH
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 260.6x 30.7x -78.8x ARL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +3.1% +6.8% -3.9% ARL
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 3.1% 16.4% -5.4% ARL
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 0.9% -0.9% -2.1% FRPH
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 6.4x 28.6x 3.4x MAYS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -24.1% +4.3% +10.5% MAYS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -7.6%/yr +5.8%/yr +3.5%/yr ARL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 25.8% 60.3% 34.0% FRPH
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 30/100 46/100 36/100 ARL

Percentile Scorecard

FRPHARLMAYS

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

AxisFRPHARLMAYS
Valuation 24 #30 of 39 42 #23 of 39 34 #26 of 39
Growth 13 #29 of 33 50 #17 of 33 16 #28 of 33
Profitability 48 #16 of 30 38 #19 of 30 45 #17 of 30
Financial Health 35 #25 of 38 54 #18 of 38 49 #20 of 38
Shareholder Returns – – –
Overall 30 46 36
  • FRPH ranked among 42 companies in Property Developers
  • ARL ranked among 42 companies in Property Developers
  • MAYS ranked among 42 companies in Property Developers

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodFRPHARLMAYSSPY
1 month -10.2%-1.6%+6.8% -0.8%
3 months -19.5%+7.1%+8.1% +3.5%
6 months -11.6%+11.1%+4.3% +7.0%
Year to date -16.8%+0.1%+5.7% +12.2%
1 year -24.1%+4.3%+10.5% +13.0%
3 years -29.8%+33.8%-11.3% +86.3%
3 years, per year -11.1%+10.2%-3.9% +23.1%
5 years -32.8%+32.6%+18.8% +68.6%
5 years, per year -7.6%+5.8%+3.5% +11.0%
10 years +18.9%+149.9%-8.4% +258.0%
10 years, per year +1.7%+9.6%-0.9% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureFRPHARLMAYSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 25.8%60.3%34.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 26.7%53.4%50.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.260.870.46 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.930.070.31 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -42.2%-66.1%-37.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -25.8%-31.4%-23.2% -1.8%
52-week high $25.56$23.44$55.00 $779.14
52-week low $18.77$13.03$37.55 $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.

MultipleFRPHARLMAYS
P/E now vs peer median 265.2xmedian 7.8x 31.1xmedian 7.8x -73.9xmedian 7.8x
P/S now vs peer median 8.3xmedian 4.9x 5.1xmedian 4.9x 4.0xmedian 4.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 26.9xmedian 11.2x 84.0xmedian 11.2x 100.2xmedian 11.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 6.4x -7.5xmedian 6.4x -28.3xmedian 6.4x
P/B now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 0.6x 0.3xmedian 0.6x 1.6xmedian 0.6x
PEG now vs peer median -8.16median 0.33 -0.44median 0.33 0.13median 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 monthsFRPHARLMAYS
Revenue $43.62M $51.05M $21.43M
Operating income $6.16M -$9.34M -$1.66M
Net income $1.32M $8.12M $21.32M
Free cash flow – -$34.41M -$3.01M
EPS (diluted) $0.07 $0.52 $-0.57
Cash & equivalents $100.98M $10.85M $3.14M
Total debt $214.62M $218.03M $6.13M
Shares (diluted) 19.06M 16.15M 2.02M
Enterprise value -$141.00M -$87.79M $81.11M

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
MetricFRPHARLMAYS
P/E 265.2x 31.1x -73.9x
P/FCF – -7.5x -28.3x
P/Operating cash flow – 79.9x 47.1x
P/S 8.3x 5.1x 4.0x
P/B 0.8x 0.3x 1.6x
P/Tangible book 0.8x 0.3x 1.6x
EV/EBITDA 26.9x 84.0x 100.2x
EV/EBIT 77.5x -42.1x -53.1x
EV/Revenue 10.9x 7.7x 4.1x
EV/FCF – -11.4x -29.3x
EV/Operating cash flow – 121.0x 48.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -8.16 -0.44 0.13

Growth

14 metrics
MetricFRPHARLMAYS
Revenue growth (1Y) 3.1% 6.8% -3.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 3.0% 3.9% -1.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) -38.3% -64.7% -1,551%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -15.4% -2.5% -98.6%
Net income growth (1Y) -75.5% 168.6% 28,402%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -33.9% -71.5% 1,700%
EPS growth (1Y) -74.5% 170.6% -1,429%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -32.5% -71.2% -580.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 125.8% -6.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 27.5% -8.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 68.4% -1,306%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 17.6% -68.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricFRPHARLMAYS
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin 40.7% 9.2% 4.1%
Operating margin 14.1% -18.3% -7.7%
Pretax margin 24.5% -8.7% -7.6%
Net margin 3.1% 16.4% -5.4%
FCF margin – -67.4% -14.0%
Operating cash flow margin – 6.4% 8.4%
Return on equity 0.2% 1.2% -2.2%
Return on assets 0.1% 0.9% -1.3%
Return on invested capital 0.9% -0.9% -2.1%
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover 0.1x 0.0x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 0.4x 0.1x
Stock comp / revenue 6.3% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricFRPHARLMAYS
Debt / assets 28.2% 20.0% 6.8%
Debt / equity 0.5x 0.3x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA 6.4x 28.6x 3.4x
Debt / FCF – -6.3x -2.0x
Liabilities / assets 40.3% 25.4% 42.7%
Equity / assets 59.7% 74.6% 57.3%
Interest coverage 2.1x -1.0x -8.0x
Current ratio – – –
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricFRPHARLMAYS
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield – – –
Shareholder yield – 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.

ConsensusFRPHARLMAYS

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersFRPHARLMAYS
Held by institutions 47.8% 3.4% 3.6%
Institutions holding 109 42 10
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.0% +15.7% -7.1%
Institutions buying 56 18 2
Institutions selling 30 12 1
Buyers to sellers 1.87 1.50 2.00

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.

FRPHARLMAYS
FRPH 1.00 0.27 0.07
ARL 0.27 1.00 0.06
MAYS 0.07 0.06 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, FRPH, ARL and MAYS?

Frp Holdings (FRPH) is the largest by market capitalisation: Frp Holdings (FRPH) $354.62M, American Realty Investors (ARL) $256.66M, Mays J W (MAYS) $90.71M.

Which stock is cheaper, FRPH, ARL and MAYS?

American Realty Investors (ARL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Frp Holdings (FRPH) 260.6x, American Realty Investors (ARL) 30.7x, Mays J W (MAYS) -78.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

American Realty Investors (ARL) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Frp Holdings (FRPH) +3.1%, American Realty Investors (ARL) +6.8%, Mays J W (MAYS) -3.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

American Realty Investors (ARL) has the highest net margin (Frp Holdings (FRPH) 3.1%, American Realty Investors (ARL) 16.4%, Mays J W (MAYS) -5.4%). On return on invested capital, Frp Holdings (FRPH) leads (Frp Holdings (FRPH) 0.9%, American Realty Investors (ARL) -0.9%, Mays J W (MAYS) -2.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Mays J W (MAYS) returned the most: Frp Holdings (FRPH) -24.1%, American Realty Investors (ARL) +4.3%, Mays J W (MAYS) +10.5%. Over five years, American Realty Investors (ARL) compounded fastest (Frp Holdings (FRPH) -7.6%/yr, American Realty Investors (ARL) +5.8%/yr, Mays J W (MAYS) +3.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Frp Holdings (FRPH) has been the steadiest (Frp Holdings (FRPH) 25.8%, American Realty Investors (ARL) 60.3%, Mays J W (MAYS) 34.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, FRPH, ARL and MAYS?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, American Realty Investors (ARL) leads on 5. 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.