Stocks · Real Estate · Real Estate - Services
Douglas Elliman Inc. DOUG
$1.55 +1.97% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $140.9M
Weak trendInexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- Over the past year the stock returned -46.0%, behind the S&P 500 by 61.1 percentage points.
- The diluted share count rose 8.5% in a year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Real Estate sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 19%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 12%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 25%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 8%
- Gross marginBottom 17%
- Operating marginBottom 9%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 9%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 5%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 4%
- Interest coverBottom 2%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 13%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 12%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 1%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 1%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 10%
- 6-month returnBottom 41%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 10%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 11%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 22%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 5%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 18%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 14%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 11%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 9%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 4%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -5.2% | -2.7% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 25.6% | 10.3% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -3.3% | -6.8% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | -0.9% | -1.9% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -2.7% | -5.2% | ↑ | Bottom 19% |
| Gross margin | 10.3% | 25.6% | ↓ | Bottom 17% |
| Operating margin | -6.8% | -3.3% | ↓ | Bottom 9% |
| Net margin | 2.5% | -6.0% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -1.9% | -0.9% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -13.4% | — | Bottom 8% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -3.6% | — | Bottom 12% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- -0.67×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 9.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.7%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +22.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -0.33×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -159.9×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.00%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +8.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +3.5%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 2 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -2.4%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | — | +2.3% | +15.4% | +2.9% | — |
| May 8, 2026 | — | +1.5% | -19.4% | -14.1% | -14.6% |
| Mar 13, 2026 | -950.0% | -26.7% | -30.2% | -27.6% | -26.3% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | -1066.7% | -2.0% | +5.7% | +4.9% | +9.8% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | -300.0% | -2.5% | -19.1% | -5.7% | -7.4% |
| May 1, 2025 | -250.0% | +1.2% | +9.6% | +75.9% | +72.3% |
| Mar 11, 2025 | +137.5% | +3.0% | +15.9% | -2.4% | +59.1% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | -125.0% | +4.1% | -6.7% | +19.2% | +2.6% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | -$0.05 | — | — | $283.4M |
| May 8, 2026 | -$0.14 | — | — | $214.3M |
| Mar 13, 2026 | -$0.17 | $0.02 | -950.0% | $245.4M |
| Nov 4, 2025 | -$0.29 | $0.03 | -1066.7% | $262.8M |
| Jul 31, 2025 | -$0.06 | $0.03 | -300.0% | $271.4M |
| May 1, 2025 | -$0.03 | $0.02 | -250.0% | $253.4M |
| Mar 11, 2025 | $0.03 | -$0.08 | +137.5% | $243.3M |
| Nov 7, 2024 | -$0.09 | -$0.04 | -125.0% | $266.3M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 9.1× | — | — | Top 13% |
| EV / EBITDA | 3.4× | — | — | Top 1% |
| EV / Sales | 0.13× | — | — | Top 1% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -13.26% | — | — | Bottom 12% |
| Earnings yield | 10.97% | — | — | Top 13% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 4.6× – 33.8× since Dec 31, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -4.6%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -4.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -12.1%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -22.0%
- RSI (14)
- 34.9
- Relative volume
- 1.76×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 40.5%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 2th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.05
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.21
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -48.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -66.5%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 2021 | Jun 17, 2024 | -91.0% | 618 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $140.9M
- P/E (TTM)
- 9.1
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.17
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.01B
- 52-week range
- $1.47 – $3.03
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.35B | $1.15B | $955.6M | $995.6M | $1.03B |
| Gross profit | $367.6M | $316.4M | $955.6M | $251.8M | $173.6M |
| Operating income | $102.1M | -$4.5M | -$64.5M | -$68.8M | -$60.7M |
| Net income | $98.8M | -$5.6M | -$42.6M | -$76.3M | $15.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.21 | -$0.08 | -$0.52 | -$0.91 | $0.17 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $266.3M | $243.3M | $253.4M | $271.4M | $262.8M | $245.4M | $214.3M | $283.4M |
| Net income | -$27.2M | -$6.0M | -$6.0M | -$22.7M | -$24.7M | $68.6M | -$16.3M | -$2.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.33 | -$0.07 | -$0.07 | -$0.27 | -$0.29 | $0.68 | -$0.19 | -$0.03 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $127.8M | -$14.7M | -$30.4M | -$26.0M | -$13.9M |
| Capital expenditure | -$4.1M | -$8.5M | -$6.1M | -$5.5M | -$3.4M |
| Free cash flow | $123.7M | -$23.3M | -$36.6M | -$31.5M | -$17.2M |
| Dividends paid | -$31.5M | -$16.3M | -$4.2M | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $0 | -$2.0M | -$1.3M | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $111.2M
- Total assets
- $444.3M
- Total liabilities
- $277.3M
- Total debt
- $98.5M
- Net debt
- -$12.7M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $167.0M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 2023 | $0.05 | Mar 31, 2023 |
| Dec 9, 2022 | $0.05 | Dec 22, 2022 |
| Sep 14, 2022 | $0.05 | Sep 29, 2022 |
| Jun 16, 2022 | $0.05 | Jun 29, 2022 |
| Mar 21, 2022 | $0.05 | Mar 30, 2022 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 2,232,344
- Days to cover
- 4.71
- Change vs previous report
- -4.6%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jun 21, 2023
- 21-for-20