Contrasting Screen (DINRF) and The Competition

Screen (OTCMKTS:DINRF) is one of 221 public companies in the “Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Screen to related businesses based on the strength of its profitability, risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Screen	$4.02 billion	$607.23 million	18.28
Screen Competitors	$11.35 billion	$1.79 billion	46.26

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

Risk & Volatility

Screen has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Screen’s competitors have a beta of 1.92, meaning that their average share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

54.6% of shares of all “Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment” companies are held by institutional investors. 12.1% of shares of all “Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Screen and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Screen	1	0	0	0	1.00
Screen Competitors	3362	11966	25106	940	2.57

As a group, “Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment” companies have a potential upside of 19.89%. Given Screen’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Screen has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Screen	14.32%	19.03%	12.23%
Screen Competitors	-245.13%	-123.34%	-4.48%

Summary

Screen competitors beat Screen on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

About Screen

SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd. develops, manufactures, sells, and maintains semiconductor production equipment in Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, China, the United States, Europe, and internationally. It operates in four segments: Semiconductor Production Equipment Business, Graphic Arts Equipment Business, Display Production Equipment and Coater Business, and PCB-Related Equipment Business. The company offers coat/develop trackers, wafer cleaning systems, annealing systems, measurement systems, inspection systems, and advanced packaging lithography equipment. It also provides coater systems, vacuum film deposition equipment, wet processors, dryers, heaters, exposures, and laminators/de-laminators. In addition, the company offers direct imaging systems, automatic optical inspection systems, automatic optical photomask inspection systems, and defect verification and repair systems; automatic final visual inspection systems; and setup stations and defect tabulation software. Further, it provides high-speed inkjet, label, wide format, CTP, network support, Hiragino font, and other workflow solutions; offset printing, digital book, manual, direct mail, transpromo, label production, package printing, display, and signage solutions; and artificial intelligence, text mining, augmented reality, image analysis, and congestion analysis solutions. Additionally, the company offers biosciences equipment; compact inkjet printing systems for tablets, UV inkjet printing systems for aluminum rolls, and inkjet printing systems for tablets; in-vehicle components for inspection and measurement; and lithium-ion rechargeable batteries and fuel cells. It also undertakes contract manufacturing and support, and intellectual property services related operations. The company was formerly known as Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. and changed its name to SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd. in October 2014. SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd. was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.