Atlantia - ATASY Competitors

Atlantia (OTCMKTS:ATASY) and Nippon Paint (OTCMKTS:NPCPF) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ATASY or NPCPF?

Nippon Paint received 8 more outperform votes than Atlantia when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.80% of users gave Nippon Paint an outperform vote while only 56.84% of users gave Atlantia an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Atlantia	Outperform Votes 108 56.84%	Underperform Votes 82 43.16%
Nippon Paint	Outperform Votes 116 64.80%	Underperform Votes 63 35.20%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ATASY or NPCPF?

Atlantia has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Nippon Paint.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Atlantia	$8.42 billion	2.34	$740.62 million	N/A	N/A
Nippon Paint	$9.10 billion	2.26	$614.89 million	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, ATASY or NPCPF?

Atlantia has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nippon Paint has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ATASY or NPCPF more profitable?

Nippon Paint has a net margin of 5.65% compared to Atlantia's net margin of 0.00%. Nippon Paint's return on equity of 5.95% beat Atlantia's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Atlantia	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nippon Paint	5.65%	5.95%	2.84%

Do analysts prefer ATASY or NPCPF?

Atlantia currently has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 93.12%. Given Atlantia's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Atlantia is more favorable than Nippon Paint.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Atlantia	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Nippon Paint	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media refer more to ATASY or NPCPF?

In the previous week, Atlantia had 9 more articles in the media than Nippon Paint. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Atlantia and 1 mentions for Nippon Paint. Nippon Paint's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Atlantia's score of 0.11 indicating that Nippon Paint is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Atlantia	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Nippon Paint	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Nippon Paint beats Atlantia on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.