Reviewing Home Product Center Public (HPCRF) & The Competition

Dividends

Home Product Center Public pays an annual dividend of $0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.3%. Home Product Center Public pays out 10.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Specialty Retail” companies pay a dividend yield of 2.0% and pay out 35.7% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Home Product Center Public is clearly a better dividend stock than its rivals, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Home Product Center Public and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Home Product Center Public	N/A	N/A	0.73
Home Product Center Public Competitors	$7.05 billion	$390.09 million	14.78

Home Product Center Public’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Home Product Center Public. Home Product Center Public 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 Home Product Center Public and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Home Product Center Public	N/A	N/A	N/A
Home Product Center Public Competitors	-3.51%	-30.13%	3.19%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

3.4% of Home Product Center Public shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.0% of shares of all “Specialty Retail” companies are owned by institutional investors. 21.0% of shares of all “Specialty Retail” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Home Product Center Public rivals beat Home Product Center Public on 5 of the 9 factors compared.

About Home Product Center Public

Home Product Center Public Company Limited operates as a home improvement retailer in Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam. The company trades in various goods and materials for construction, addition, refurbishment, renovation, and improvement of buildings, houses, and residences; and offers related services to retail businesses. It also provides installation, maintenance, warehousing management and distribution, and other services; and utilities services. In addition, the company rents space; and engages in the wholesaling of construction and home improvement products. Home Product Center Public Company Limited was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Nonthaburi, Thailand.