Critical Comparison: Kubota (OTCMKTS:KUBTY) vs. Indoor Harvest (OTCMKTS:INQD)

Indoor Harvest (OTCMKTS:INQD) and Kubota (OTCMKTS:KUBTY) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Volatility and Risk

Indoor Harvest has a beta of -2.05, indicating that its stock price is 305% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kubota has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Indoor Harvest and Kubota’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Indoor Harvest	N/A	N/A	N/A
Kubota	6.71%	7.37%	3.38%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.4% of Kubota shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Indoor Harvest shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Kubota shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Indoor Harvest and Kubota, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Indoor Harvest	0	0	0	0	0.00
Kubota	0	2	0	0	2.00

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Indoor Harvest and Kubota”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Indoor Harvest	N/A	N/A	-$3.26 million	N/A	N/A
Kubota	$19.95 billion	0.65	$1.52 billion	$5.62	9.92

Kubota has higher revenue and earnings than Indoor Harvest.

Summary

Kubota beats Indoor Harvest on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Indoor Harvest

Indoor Harvest Corp. focuses on operating an integrated consolidation platform for hemp, other hemp-related products, CBD, and other plant-based companies. Indoor Harvest Corp. was founded in 2011 and is based in Austin, Texas.

About Kubota

Kubota Corporation manufactures and sells agricultural and construction machinery in Japan, North America, Europe, Asia, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Farm & Machinery, Water & Environment, and Others. The Farm & Machinery segment offers tractors, power tillers, combine harvesters, rice transplanters, turf equipment, utility vehicles, other agricultural machinery, implements, attachments, post-harvest machinery, vegetable production equipment, intermediate management machine, and other equipment; cooperative drying, rice seedling, and gardening facilities; scales, weighing and measuring control systems, and air purifier; engines for farm equipment, construction machinery, industrial machinery, and generators; and mini excavators, wheel and skid steer loaders, compact track loaders, and other construction machinery related products. Its Water & Environment segment provides ductile iron pipes, synthetic pipes, valves, and single stack drain fittings, as well as design and construction services; reformer and cracking tubes, hearth rolls, TXAX materials, and spiral steel pipes; air-conditioning equipment; wastewater treatment equipment and plants, pumps and pump plants, membrane solutions, wastewater purification plants, night-soil treatment plants, waste incinerating and meltingplants, waste shredding and sorting plants, flue gas desulfurization apparatus, membrane methane fermentation plants, wastewater treatment plant, and valves. The Others segment offers logistics services; and roofing and exterior wall materials. It also engages in the underwriting of non-life insurance, retail financing, finance leasing, maintenance, security guarding, and facility management services; and import and export of components for farm equipment, engines, and construction machinery. It serves customers through a network of dealers. Kubota Corporation was founded in 1890 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.