Financial Contrast: Suzuki Motor (SZKMY) vs. The Competition

Suzuki Motor (OTCMKTS:SZKMY) is one of 119 publicly-traded companies in the “Automobiles” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Suzuki Motor to related companies based on the strength of its dividends, earnings, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Suzuki Motor and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Suzuki Motor	1	0	1	0	2.00
Suzuki Motor Competitors	2033	5025	6301	184	2.34

As a group, “Automobiles” companies have a potential upside of 78.12%. Given Suzuki Motor’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Suzuki Motor has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Suzuki Motor	$41.80 billion	$2.90 billion	8.08
Suzuki Motor Competitors	$53.57 billion	$1.13 billion	5.82

Suzuki Motor’s competitors have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Suzuki Motor. Suzuki Motor 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.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Suzuki Motor	6.97%	11.00%	6.88%
Suzuki Motor Competitors	-1,371.68%	-100.31%	-10.39%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.0% of Suzuki Motor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.1% of shares of all “Automobiles” companies are owned by institutional investors. 14.6% of shares of all “Automobiles” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

Suzuki Motor pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Suzuki Motor pays out 13.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Automobiles” companies pay a dividend yield of 150.5% and pay out 7.2% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Suzuki Motor lags its competitors as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Risk & Volatility

Suzuki Motor has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Suzuki Motor’s competitors have a beta of 0.95, indicating that their average stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Suzuki Motor competitors beat Suzuki Motor on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

About Suzuki Motor

Suzuki Motor Corporation engages in the manufacturing and marketing of automobiles, motorcycles, and marine products in Japan, rest of Asia, Europe, North America, and internationally. It offers mini-vehicles, sub-compact vehicles, standard-sized vehicles, outboard motors, motorized wheelchairs, and electro senior vehicles. The company is also involved in solar power generation and logistics business, as well as provides other services. Suzuki Motor Corporation was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan.