Sekisui House (OTCMKTS:SKHSY – Get Free Report) and Mohawk Industries (NYSE:MHK – Get Free Report) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, profitability and valuation.
Risk and Volatility
Sekisui House has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mohawk Industries has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Sekisui House and Mohawk Industries”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Sekisui House | $28.07 billion | 0.51 | $1.56 billion | $2.60 | 8.40 |
| Mohawk Industries | $10.79 billion | 0.85 | $369.90 million | $7.55 | 18.00 |
Sekisui House has higher revenue and earnings than Mohawk Industries. Sekisui House is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mohawk Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
0.0% of Sekisui House shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.0% of Mohawk Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 17.9% of Mohawk Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Sekisui House and Mohawk Industries, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Sekisui House | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.00 |
| Mohawk Industries | 0 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2.31 |
Mohawk Industries has a consensus price target of $130.50, suggesting a potential downside of 3.95%. Given Mohawk Industries’ higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Mohawk Industries is more favorable than Sekisui House.
Profitability
This table compares Sekisui House and Mohawk Industries’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Sekisui House | 6.09% | 11.36% | 4.85% |
| Mohawk Industries | 4.15% | 7.50% | 4.60% |
Summary
Mohawk Industries beats Sekisui House on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Sekisui House
Sekisui House, Ltd. designs, constructs, and contracts built-to-order detached houses in Japan and internationally. The company operates through Custom Detached Houses, Rental Housing, Architectural/Civil Engineering, Remodeling, Real Estate Management Fees, Houses For Sale, Condominiums, Urban Redevelopment, and Overseas segments. It also engages in contracting of design and construction of custom detached houses, rental housing, office building, commercial buildings, and other properties; construction of reinforced concrete rental housing and commercial buildings; contracting of design and construction of civil engineering works; remodeling and renovation of houses; subleasing, management, operation, and brokerage of real estate; sale of houses and residential land; and sales of condominiums. Sekisui House, Ltd. was incorporated in 1929 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.
About Mohawk Industries
Mohawk Industries, Inc. designs, manufactures, sources, distributes, and markets flooring products for residential and commercial remodeling, and new construction channels in the United States, Europe, Latin America, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Global Ceramic, Flooring North America, and Flooring Rest of the World. The company provides ceramic, porcelain, and natural stone tiles products for floor and wall applications; natural stones, porcelain slabs, and quartz countertops, as well as installation materials; floor covering products comprising broadloom carpets, carpet tiles, rugs and mats, carpet pads, laminates, medium-density fiberboards, wood floorings, luxury vinyl tiles, and sheet vinyl; and roofing panels, insulation boards, mezzanine flooring products, medium-density fiberboard, and chipboards. It also licenses its intellectual property to flooring manufacturers. The company sells its products under the American Olean, Daltile, Decortiles, Eliane, EmilGroup, KAI, Kerama Marazzi, Marazzi, Ragno, Aladdin Commercial, Durkan, Foss, IVC, Karastan, Mohawk, Mohawk Group, Mohawk Home, Pergo, Portico, Quick-Step, Feltex, GH Commercial, Godfrey Hirst, Hycraft, IVC Commercial, IVC Home, Lentex, Leoline, and Moduleo, Redbook, Unilin, and Vitromex brands. It offers its products to company-owned service centers and stores, company-operated distributors, floor covering retailers, wholesalers, mass merchandisers, department stores, shop at home, buying groups, ceramic tile specialists, e-commerce retailers, residential builders, independent distributors, commercial contractors, and commercial end users. The company was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in Calhoun, Georgia.
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