Marubeni (OTCMKTS:MARUY) Vs. HTHIY, JMHLY, JSHLY, MSBHY, CTPCY, CKHUY, MSBHF, CRHKY, SSUMY, and IEP
Should you be buying Marubeni stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marubeni include Hitachi (HTHIY), Jardine Matheson (JMHLY), Jardine Strategic (JSHLY), Mitsubishi (MSBHY), CITIC (CTPCY), CK Hutchison (CKHUY), Mitsubishi (MSBHF), China Resources Beer (CRHKY), Sumitomo (SSUMY), and Icahn Enterprises (IEP). These companies are all part of the "metals service centers & offices" industry.These companies are all part of the "metals service centers & offices" industry.These companies are all part of the "multi-sector conglomerates" sector.
Marubeni vs.
Marubeni (OTCMKTS:MARUY) and Hitachi (OTCMKTS:HTHIY) are both large-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
Hitachi has higher revenue and earnings than Marubeni. Marubeni is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hitachi, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Hitachi had 1 more articles in the media than Marubeni. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Hitachi and 0 mentions for Marubeni. Hitachi's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Marubeni's score of 0.00 indicating that Hitachi is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hitachi received 74 more outperform votes than Marubeni when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.10% of users gave Marubeni an outperform vote while only 62.96% of users gave Hitachi an outperform vote.
Marubeni pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Hitachi pays an annual dividend of $1.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Marubeni pays out 17.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hitachi pays out 17.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Marubeni is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Hitachi has a net margin of 5.68% compared to Marubeni's net margin of 4.99%. Marubeni's return on equity of 20.83% beat Hitachi's return on equity.
Marubeni has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hitachi has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Marubeni and Hitachi tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MARUY and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of OTCMKTS and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Marubeni (OTCMKTS:MARUY) vs. Its Competitors
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