SMC (OTCMKTS:SMCAY) and American Battery Technology (NASDAQ:ABAT) Head to Head Comparison

SMC (OTCMKTS:SMCAY) and American Battery Technology (NASDAQ:ABAT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for SMC and American Battery Technology, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SMC	1	0	0	0	1.00
American Battery Technology	1	0	0	0	1.00

Profitability

This table compares SMC and American Battery Technology’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SMC	19.41%	7.83%	7.11%
American Battery Technology	-436.31%	-46.98%	-42.78%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

1.0% of SMC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.9% of American Battery Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of American Battery Technology shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares SMC and American Battery Technology”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SMC	$5.20 billion	5.76	$1.03 billion	$0.84	27.94
American Battery Technology	$4.29 million	116.67	-$46.76 million	($0.40)	-9.50

SMC has higher revenue and earnings than American Battery Technology. American Battery Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SMC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility and Risk

SMC has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Battery Technology has a beta of -1.35, indicating that its share price is 235% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

SMC beats American Battery Technology on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About SMC

SMC Corporation manufactures, processes, and sells automatic control equipment, sintered filters, and various types of filtration equipment worldwide. The company offers air management system, directional control valves, air cylinders, rotatory actuators/air grippers, electric actuators/cylinders, fitting and tubing, and modular F.R.L./pressure control equipment, as well as vacuum, air preparation, and lubrication equipment. It also provides flow control equipment, speed controllers, silencers/exhaust/blow guns/pressure gauges, switches/sensors/controllers, static neutralization equipment, and industrial device communication equipment/wireless system. In addition, the company offers process valves, chemical liquid valves/fittings and needle valves/tubing, process pumps, temperature control equipment, and process gas equipment, as well as high vacuum equipment, industrial filters/sintered metal elements, and pneumatic instrumentation and hydraulic equipment. The company was formerly known as Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Co., Ltd. and changed its name to SMC Corporation in April 1986. SMC Corporation was incorporated in 1959 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

About American Battery Technology

American Battery Technology Company operates as a battery materials company. The company explores for resources of battery metals, such as such as lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese; and develops and commercializes technologies for the extraction of battery metals, as well as commercializes integrated process for the recycling of lithium-ion batteries. The company was formerly known as American Battery Metals Corporation. American Battery Technology Company was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Reno, Nevada.