DKSH (DKSHF) & Its Rivals Head to Head Review

DKSH (OTCMKTS:DKSHF) is one of 204 publicly-traded companies in the “Professional Services” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare DKSH to similar companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for DKSH and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DKSH	0	0	1	0	3.00
DKSH Competitors	1490	6297	9066	484	2.49

As a group, “Professional Services” companies have a potential upside of 32.94%. Given DKSH’s peers higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe DKSH has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares DKSH and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DKSH	N/A	N/A	N/A
DKSH Competitors	-0.52%	19.38%	4.25%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

13.4% of DKSH shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.3% of shares of all “Professional Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 17.1% of shares of all “Professional Services” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares DKSH and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
DKSH	N/A	N/A	0.50
DKSH Competitors	$3.30 billion	$228.41 million	27.86

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

Summary

DKSH peers beat DKSH on 8 of the 11 factors compared.

DKSH Company Profile

DKSH Holding AG provides various market expansion services in Thailand, Greater China, Malaysia, Singapore, rest of the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company offers sourcing, market insights, marketing, sales, eCommerce, distribution, logistics, and after-sales services. It operates through four segments: Healthcare, Consumer Goods, Performance Materials, and Technology. The Healthcare segment provides various services, such as registration, regulatory, market entry studies, importation, customs clearance, marketing and sales, physical distribution, invoicing, and cash collection services for ethical pharmaceuticals, consumer health, and over-the-counter health products, as well as medical devices. The Consumer Goods segment offers a range of services, including product feasibility studies, registration, importation, customs clearance, marketing and merchandising, sales, warehousing, physical distribution, invoicing, cash collection, and after-sales services for fast moving consumer goods, food services, luxury goods, and fashion and lifestyle products, as well as hair and skin cosmetics. The Performance Materials segment sources, markets, and distributes a range of specialty chemicals and ingredients for the pharmaceutical, personal care, food and beverage, and industrial applications, as well as provides market expansion services for performance materials. The Technology segment offers market expansion services comprising a range of capital investment goods and analytical instruments in the areas of infrastructure, industrial materials and supplies, precision and textile machinery, semiconductors, photovoltaic and electronics, agriculture, and hospitality, as well as specialized industrial applications. The company was founded in 1865 and is based in Zurich, Switzerland.