Financial Survey: Schibsted ASA (SBSNY) and Its Rivals

Schibsted ASA (OTCMKTS:SBSNY) is one of 259 publicly-traded companies in the “Media” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Schibsted ASA to similar businesses based on the strength of its dividends, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for Schibsted ASA and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Schibsted ASA	0	1	0	1	3.00
Schibsted ASA Competitors	2210	6832	10798	471	2.47

As a group, “Media” companies have a potential upside of 16.10%. Given Schibsted ASA’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Schibsted ASA has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Schibsted ASA and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Schibsted ASA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Schibsted ASA Competitors	-19.56%	-48.37%	-5.03%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Schibsted ASA and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Schibsted ASA	N/A	N/A	2.04
Schibsted ASA Competitors	$3.19 billion	-$23.60 million	19.72

Schibsted ASA’s rivals have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Schibsted ASA. Schibsted ASA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Dividends

Schibsted ASA pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Schibsted ASA pays out 1.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Media” companies pay a dividend yield of 5.1% and pay out 109.9% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.1% of Schibsted ASA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.0% of shares of all “Media” companies are held by institutional investors. 17.8% of shares of all “Media” companies are held by company 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.

Summary

Schibsted ASA rivals beat Schibsted ASA on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

Schibsted ASA Company Profile

Schibsted ASA, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a media company. The company operates through Nordic Marketplaces, News Media, Delivery and Growth & Investments segments. It operates online classifieds that provide technology-based services to connect buyers and sellers, and facilitate transactions, including job offers, real estate, cars, travel, consumer goods, and others. The company also publishes newspapers under the VG, Aftenposten, E24, Bergens Tidende, Stavanger Aftenblad, Aftonbladet, Svenska Dagbladet, and Omni brands in paper and digital format; and operates Podme, a podcast platform. In addition, the company distributes newspapers and parcels for businesses and consumers under the Helthjem and Morgenlevering brands. The company operates in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, other European countries, and internationally. Schibsted ASA was founded in 1839 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.