JOE vs FPI vs HHH Stock Comparison

St Joe, Farmland Partners and Howard Hughes Holdings Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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JOE ST JOE Co
$67.62 +2.7% 1M +34.5% 1Y
Market cap
$3.89B
P/E
31.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$547.84M
Div. yield
0.01%
Real Estate Development Real Estate
3 wins
FPI Farmland Partners Inc.
$10.26 -4.8% 1M -0.3% 1Y
Market cap
$443.44M
P/E
18.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$51.47M
Div. yield
0.05%
Farmland REITs Real Estate
3 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Howard Hughes Holdings leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Howard Hughes Holdings 6, Farmland Partners 3, St Joe 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionJOEFPIHHHLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $3.89B $443.44M $4.34B HHH
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 31.6x 18.3x 14.9x HHH
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 87.8x 46.6x 18.0x HHH
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +28.4% -6.4% +34.0% HHH
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 22.5% 47.0% 12.3% FPI
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 2.6% 4.0% HHH
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 9.8x 4.0x HHH
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.05% 0.00% FPI
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +34.5% -0.3% -13.7% JOE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +7.7%/yr -3.3%/yr -4.5%/yr JOE
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 30.0% 24.3% 33.4% FPI
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 70/100 57/100 64/100 JOE

Percentile Scorecard

JOEFPIHHH

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

AxisJOEFPIHHH
Valuation 55 #18 of 39 43 #123 of 216 84 #7 of 39
Growth 88 #5 of 33 39 #127 of 206 75 #9 of 33
Profitability 93 #3 of 30 61 #78 of 199 72 #9 of 30
Financial Health 60 #16 of 38 65 #77 of 215 24 #29 of 38
Shareholder Returns 54 #7 of 14 78 #38 of 166 –
Overall 70 57 64
  • JOE ranked among 42 companies in Property Developers
  • FPI ranked among 224 companies in Real Estate
  • HHH ranked among 42 companies in Property Developers

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodJOEFPIHHHSPY
1 month +2.7%-4.8%+10.1% -1.0%
3 months +8.9%+6.9%+6.6% +2.9%
6 months -4.8%-12.4%+9.6% +6.4%
Year to date +13.9%+5.9%-12.0% +11.4%
1 year +34.5%-0.3%-13.7% +13.1%
3 years +36.6%-3.6%+9.4% +79.4%
3 years, per year +11.0%-1.2%+3.0% +21.5%
5 years +45.0%-15.3%-20.7% +67.7%
5 years, per year +7.7%-3.3%-4.5% +10.9%
10 years +271.5%-4.5%-32.0% +255.2%
10 years, per year +14.0%-0.5%-3.8% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureJOEFPIHHHSPY
Volatility, 1Y 30.0%24.3%33.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 26.5%27.0%31.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.480.270.77 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.15-0.01-0.41 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -48.7%-42.7%-49.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -7.1%-21.3%-21.9% -2.5%
52-week high $72.79$13.04$89.85 $779.14
52-week low $49.03$9.34$60.20 $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.

MultipleJOEFPIHHH
P/E now vs peer median 31.4xmedian 7.8x 18.4xmedian 24.8x 12.9xmedian 7.8x
P/S now vs peer median 7.0xmedian 4.9x 8.7xmedian 3.8x 1.6xmedian 4.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 17.6xmedian 11.2x 30.6xmedian 14.4x 9.4xmedian 11.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 20.2xmedian 6.4x 26.8xmedian 19.7x 6.1xmedian 6.4x
P/B now vs peer median 5.0xmedian 0.6x 1.0xmedian 1.2x 0.9xmedian 0.6x
PEG now vs peer median 2.31median 0.33 0.56median 1.40 0.47median 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 monthsJOEFPIHHH
Revenue $547.84M $51.47M $2.37B
Gross profit $241.34M $47.81M $1.79B
Operating income $165.33M $18.09M $505.99M
Net income $123.71M $26.06M $290.16M
Free cash flow $191.24M $16.70M $628.36M
EPS (diluted) $2.15 $0.56 $4.94
Cash & equivalents $117.32M $11.42M $2.65B
Total debt – $1.05B $5.46B
Shares (diluted) 57.17M 43.37M 59.15M
Enterprise value $3.38B $391.52M -$3.09B

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
MetricJOEFPIHHH
P/E 31.4x 18.4x 12.9x
P/FCF 20.2x 26.8x 6.1x
P/Operating cash flow 17.8x 24.3x 4.8x
P/S 7.0x 8.7x 1.6x
P/B 5.0x 1.0x 0.9x
P/Tangible book 5.0x 1.0x 1.1x
EV/EBITDA 17.6x 30.6x 9.4x
EV/EBIT 22.6x 36.5x 13.0x
EV/Revenue 6.8x 12.8x 2.8x
EV/FCF 19.5x 39.5x 10.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 17.2x 35.8x 8.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.31 0.56 0.47

Growth

14 metrics
MetricJOEFPIHHH
Revenue growth (1Y) 28.4% -6.4% 34.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 19.6% -4.6% 20.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 38.5% -4.8% 67.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -4.0% 31.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 63.9% 1,339% -11.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 29.8% -10.0% 8.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 52.3% -63.8% 27.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 14.2% 14.3% 34.5%
EPS growth (1Y) 51.0% -54.9% 20.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 13.6% 33.1% 27.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 84.3% 26.9% 33.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 44.3% 0.8% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 134.2% 203.3% 120.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 47.3% 40.5% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricJOEFPIHHH
Gross margin 44.1% 92.9% 75.6%
EBITDA margin 38.7% 41.9% 29.4%
Operating margin 30.2% 35.2% 21.3%
Pretax margin 30.3% 50.6% 16.0%
Net margin 22.5% 47.0% 12.3%
FCF margin 34.9% 32.4% 26.5%
Operating cash flow margin 39.6% 35.8% 33.2%
Return on equity 16.0% 5.6% 7.4%
Return on assets 8.2% 3.7% 2.1%
Return on invested capital – 2.6% 4.0%
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.1x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.8x 0.7x 2.7x
Stock comp / revenue 0.2% 3.9% 0.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricJOEFPIHHH
Debt / assets – 32.0% 34.3%
Debt / equity – 0.5x 1.4x
Net debt / EBITDA – 9.8x 4.0x
Debt / FCF – 13.4x 8.7x
Liabilities / assets 48.8% 33.8% 74.6%
Equity / assets 51.2% 66.2% 25.4%
Interest coverage 5.7x 1.7x 2.9x
Current ratio – – –
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricJOEFPIHHH
Dividend yield 0.9% 5.2% –
Net buyback yield 1.6% 18.3% –
Shareholder yield 2.6% 23.4% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) 28.8% 78.2% –
Payout ratio (FCF) 18.7% 122.0% –
Dividend growth (1Y) 9.2% -68.3% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 15.2% 16.6% –

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.

ConsensusJOEFPIHHH
Forward P/E 87.8xFY2026 46.6xFY2026 18.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.77FY2026 $0.22FY2026 $3.55FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -42.1%FY2026 -63.9%FY2026 +60.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – -13.6% -14.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $273.72MFY2026 $32.83MFY2026 $2.40BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -29.7%FY2026 -8.6%FY2026 +63.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +0.7% -8.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersJOEFPIHHH
Held by institutions 87.6% 53.2% 90.7%
Institutions holding 320 181 303
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.2% -0.8% +1.8%
Institutions buying 160 100 170
Institutions selling 97 51 87
Buyers to sellers 1.65 1.96 1.95

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.

JOEFPIHHH
JOE 1.00 0.31 0.28
FPI 0.31 1.00 0.27
HHH 0.28 0.27 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, JOE, FPI and HHH?

Howard Hughes Holdings (HHH) is the largest by market capitalisation: St Joe (JOE) $3.89B, Farmland Partners (FPI) $443.44M, Howard Hughes Holdings (HHH) $4.34B.

Which stock is cheaper, JOE, FPI and HHH?

Howard Hughes Holdings (HHH) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (St Joe (JOE) 31.6x, Farmland Partners (FPI) 18.3x, Howard Hughes Holdings (HHH) 14.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Howard Hughes Holdings (HHH) is cheapest (St Joe (JOE) 87.8x, Farmland Partners (FPI) 46.6x, Howard Hughes Holdings (HHH) 18.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Howard Hughes Holdings (HHH) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: St Joe (JOE) +28.4%, Farmland Partners (FPI) -6.4%, Howard Hughes Holdings (HHH) +34.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Farmland Partners (FPI) has the highest net margin (St Joe (JOE) 22.5%, Farmland Partners (FPI) 47.0%, Howard Hughes Holdings (HHH) 12.3%). On return on invested capital, Howard Hughes Holdings (HHH) leads (Farmland Partners (FPI) 2.6%, Howard Hughes Holdings (HHH) 4.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year St Joe (JOE) returned the most: St Joe (JOE) +34.5%, Farmland Partners (FPI) -0.3%, Howard Hughes Holdings (HHH) -13.7%. Over five years, St Joe (JOE) compounded fastest (St Joe (JOE) +7.7%/yr, Farmland Partners (FPI) -3.3%/yr, Howard Hughes Holdings (HHH) -4.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Farmland Partners (FPI) has the highest dividend yield: St Joe (JOE) 0.01%, Farmland Partners (FPI) 0.05%, Howard Hughes Holdings (HHH) 0.00%. Howard Hughes Holdings (HHH) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Farmland Partners (FPI) has been the steadiest (St Joe (JOE) 30.0%, Farmland Partners (FPI) 24.3%, Howard Hughes Holdings (HHH) 33.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, JOE, FPI and HHH?

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 6. 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.