Makita (MKTAY) Competitors

Makita (OTCMKTS:MKTAY) and AfterMaster (OTCMKTS:AFTM) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MKTAY or AFTM?

Makita received 57 more outperform votes than AfterMaster when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.80% of users gave Makita an outperform vote while only 59.05% of users gave AfterMaster an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Makita	Outperform Votes 119 59.80%	Underperform Votes 80 40.20%
AfterMaster	Outperform Votes 62 59.05%	Underperform Votes 43 40.95%

Is MKTAY or AFTM more profitable?

Makita has a net margin of 3.63% compared to AfterMaster's net margin of 0.00%. Makita's return on equity of 3.50% beat AfterMaster's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Makita	3.63%	3.50%	2.45%
AfterMaster	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts prefer MKTAY or AFTM?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Makita	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
AfterMaster	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media prefer MKTAY or AFTM?

In the previous week, Makita's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled AfterMaster's average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Makita	Neutral
AfterMaster	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders believe in MKTAY or AFTM?

0.1% of Makita shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of AfterMaster shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Makita shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of AfterMaster shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, MKTAY or AFTM?

Makita has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AfterMaster has a beta of -1.67, meaning that its stock price is 267% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, MKTAY or AFTM?

Makita has higher revenue and earnings than AfterMaster.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Makita	$5.47 billion	N/A	$479.40 million	$0.76	37.05
AfterMaster	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Makita beats AfterMaster on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.