Financial Comparison: BYD (BYDDY) vs. The Competition

BYD (OTCMKTS:BYDDY) is one of 119 public companies in the “Automobiles” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare BYD to related companies based on the strength of its risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Dividends

BYD pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. BYD pays out 6.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Automobiles” companies pay a dividend yield of 108.5% and pay out 7.2% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for BYD and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BYD	0	3	0	0	2.00
BYD Competitors	2045	5042	6310	188	2.34

As a group, “Automobiles” companies have a potential upside of 71.67%. Given BYD’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe BYD has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.0% of BYD shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.2% of shares of all “Automobiles” companies are held by institutional investors. 14.6% of shares of all “Automobiles” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

BYD has a beta of 0.12, indicating that its stock price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BYD’s competitors have a beta of 0.96, indicating that their average stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares BYD and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BYD	N/A	N/A	N/A
BYD Competitors	-1,522.48%	-126.75%	-11.69%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares BYD and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
BYD	$111.84 billion	$4.54 billion	18.89
BYD Competitors	$53.36 billion	$1.13 billion	6.76

BYD has higher revenue and earnings than its competitors. BYD is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

BYD competitors beat BYD on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

BYD Company Profile

BYD Company Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in automobiles and batteries business in the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and internationally. The company operates in two segments: Mobile Handset Components, Assembly Service and Other Products; and Automobiles and Related Products and Other Products. The Mobile Handset Components, Assembly Service and Other Products segment manufactures and sells mobile handset components, such as housings and electronic components; and offers assembly services. The Automobiles and Related Products and Other Products segment is involved in the manufacturing and sale of automobiles, and auto-related molds and components; rail transport and related business; and provision of automobile leasing and after sales services, automobile power batteries, lithium-ion batteries, photovoltaic, and iron battery products. The company develops urban rail transportation business. BYD Company Limited was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, China.