Stocks · Real Estate · Real Estate - Services
Star Holdings STHO
$8.48 -1.62% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $102.5M
Inexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin widened to 11.8% from -0.3% a year earlier.
- The diluted share count fell 9.2% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
- Net debt is 5.6× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
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 6%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 47%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 4%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 22%
- Gross marginBottom 30%
- Operating marginBottom 26%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 8%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 5%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 45%
- Interest coverBottom 18%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 7%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 7%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 10%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 21%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 21%
- 6-month returnTop 31%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 32%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 22%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 41%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 35%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 17%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 31%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 45%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 21.8% | -20.4% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | -20.8% | 24.1% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -0.3% | 11.8% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -99.0% | -43.4% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -20.4% | 21.8% | ↓ | Bottom 6% |
| Gross margin | 24.1% | -20.8% | ↑ | Bottom 30% |
| Operating margin | 11.8% | -0.3% | ↑ | Bottom 26% |
| Net margin | 19.8% | -65.3% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -43.4% | -99.0% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 1.2% | — | Bottom 22% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 4.6% | — | Bottom 47% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- -1.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 5.5%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.0%
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 5.59×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 0.4×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 9.52%
- Shareholder yield
- 9.52%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -9.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -3.2%
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 7, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.7%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2026 | — | +1.7% | +2.4% | +2.6% | — |
| May 8, 2026 | — | -1.2% | -3.2% | +1.9% | +4.0% |
| Feb 17, 2026 | — | +2.1% | +7.0% | -0.7% | +6.8% |
| Nov 7, 2025 | — | +2.9% | +9.4% | +8.8% | +14.4% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | — | -1.4% | +10.6% | +18.2% | +1.5% |
| May 12, 2025 | — | +0.9% | -3.7% | +14.5% | +11.2% |
| Feb 18, 2025 | — | +0.7% | +4.1% | -6.9% | -26.5% |
| Nov 5, 2024 | — | -0.3% | +2.2% | -8.0% | -27.6% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2026 | -$0.19 | — | — | $10.5M |
| May 8, 2026 | -$0.67 | — | — | $20.9M |
| Feb 17, 2026 | $0.42 | — | — | $25.4M |
| Nov 7, 2025 | $0.21 | — | — | $13.4M |
| Aug 7, 2025 | $0.26 | — | — | $42.1M |
| May 12, 2025 | -$0.81 | — | — | $14.6M |
| Feb 18, 2025 | -$7.70 | — | — | $27.0M |
| Nov 5, 2024 | -$0.42 | — | — | $28.2M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 7.0× | — | — | Top 7% |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.9× | — | — | Top 10% |
| EV / Sales | 3.95× | — | — | Top 21% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -29.70% | — | — | Bottom 7% |
| Earnings yield | 14.39% | — | — | Top 7% |
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)
- -0.6%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.6%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -9.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -2.4%
- RSI (14)
- 32.7
- Relative volume
- 7.79×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 26.7%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 12th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.72
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.31
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -14.6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -59.4%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 2023 | May 23, 2025 | -70.8% | 539 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $102.5M
- P/E (TTM)
- 7.0
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.22
- Revenue (TTM)
- $70.2M
- 52-week range
- $7.01 – $9.94
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $221.8M | $96.1M | $101.2M | $88.9M | $110.1M |
| Gross profit | $4.7M | -$17.2M | -$28.9M | -$25.6M | $21.3M |
| Operating income | -$19.2M | -$62.5M | -$32.0M | -$12.1M | $12.5M |
| Net income | $62.7M | -$36.3M | -$196.4M | -$86.8M | -$64.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $4.71 | -$2.73 | -$14.74 | -$6.51 | -$4.90 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $17.6M | $27.0M | $9.0M | $34.6M | $13.4M | $25.4M | $20.9M | $10.5M |
| Net income | $91.9M | -$102.6M | -$7.6M | -$39.3M | $1.8M | -$19.1M | -$10.3M | $41.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $6.90 | -$7.70 | -$0.57 | -$2.95 | $0.14 | -$1.50 | -$0.85 | $3.43 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $8.5M | -$27.4M | -$18.7M | -$31.3M | -$11.7M |
| Capital expenditure | -$24.6M | -$22.5M | -$14.1M | -$35.9M | -$54.8M |
| Free cash flow | -$16.1M | -$49.8M | -$32.8M | -$67.2M | -$66.4M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | -$8.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $34.8M
- Total assets
- $508.2M
- Total liabilities
- $225.2M
- Total debt
- $209.2M
- Net debt
- $174.4M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $281.7M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 97,486
- Days to cover
- 8.96
- Change vs previous report
- -0.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.