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Douglas Elliman Inc. is a holding company that, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in the real estate services business. Douglas Elliman owns Douglas Elliman Realty, LLC, one of the largest residential brokerage companies in the New York metropolitan area, which includes New York City, Long Island, the Hamptons, Westchester, Connecticut and New Jersey, and also conducts operations in Florida,…
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Operating margin is thin at 4.42%. Limited cushion if revenue slows or costs rise, not the profile of a wide-moat business.
Revenue grew 3.9%, steady but not accelerating.
At 36x earnings, the current multiple leaves limited room for execution misses or growth deceleration. Negative free cash flow of -$17M. The business is consuming cash, not generating it.
36.4x earnings. Not cheap, the quality is already reflected in the price. Upside from here requires either margin expansion or growth re-acceleration, not just continuation.
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
$990M
▲ +3.9% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
$5M
▲ +119.9% YoY
Op. Margin
3.37%
▲ +11.4pp YoY
ROIC
10.83%
▲ +29.7pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF (TTM)
-$30M
▲ +45.3% YoY
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
-$28M
▲ +46.5% YoY
Net Debt
$6M
Cash & Equiv.
$96M
5Y CAGR: +5.9%
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At a P/E of 36.4, Douglas Elliman (DOUG)'s valuation is best read against its own history, its peers, and the growth its price implies. A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, Douglas Elliman scores 25/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard, weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full . This is analysis, not investment advice.
Douglas Elliman scores 25 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 7 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a lower-quality business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a 3.4% operating margin and a 10.8% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from SEC filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. you should weigh DOUG's valuation and scores 25/100 on quality (lower-quality). A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.