GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft (GEAGY) & Its Competitors Financial Survey

GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft (OTCMKTS:GEAGY) is one of 436 public companies in the “Machinery” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft to similar businesses based on the strength of its earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft	0	1	1	0	2.50
GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft Competitors	4216	14736	18264	809	2.41

As a group, “Machinery” companies have a potential upside of 30.83%. Given GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Dividends

GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft pays an annual dividend of $0.93 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft pays out -80.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Machinery” companies pay a dividend yield of 2.8% and pay out 24.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Risk & Volatility

GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft’s rivals have a beta of 4.54, meaning that their average stock price is 354% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft	$5.47 billion	-$191.04 million	-34.99
GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft Competitors	$4.64 billion	$362.62 million	6.26

GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its rivals. GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft 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.

Profitability

This table compares GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft	-3.20%	-7.43%	-2.78%
GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft Competitors	-1,035.57%	-36.60%	-0.39%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.3% of GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.8% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are owned by institutional investors. 14.1% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft rivals beat GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

About GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft

GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft is a German engineering company that develops and supplies process technology and equipment for industries including food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, chemicals and agriculture. Its systems help customers process, package and handle products and materials. The company’s offerings include equipment and integrated solutions for separation, mixing, homogenization, drying, freezing, filling and packaging. GEA also provides milking and farm technology, as well as industrial heating and refrigeration systems.