Head-To-Head Comparison: Omron (OMRNY) versus Its Competitors

Omron (OTCMKTS:OMRNY) is one of 377 public companies in the “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Omron to similar businesses based on the strength of its risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Volatility & Risk

Omron has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Omron’s rivals have a beta of -0.25, suggesting that their average stock price is 125% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Omron and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Omron	$5.10 billion	$188.01 million	31.26
Omron Competitors	$4.00 billion	$172.92 million	6.14

Omron has higher revenue and earnings than its rivals. Omron is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

1.1% of Omron shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.5% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are held by institutional investors. 16.2% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Omron and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Omron	4.04%	3.68%	2.42%
Omron Competitors	-158.14%	-25.87%	-6.85%

Dividends

Omron pays an annual dividend of $0.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Omron pays out 44.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.9% and pay out 70.2% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Omron and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Omron	0	2	0	0	2.00
Omron Competitors	2047	7598	10417	658	2.47

As a group, “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies have a potential upside of 31.91%. Given Omron’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Omron has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Summary

Omron beats its rivals on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

About Omron

OMRON Corporation engages in industrial automation, device and module solutions, social systems, and healthcare businesses worldwide. The Industrial Automation Business offers sensors, switches, safety and control components, relays, motion and drives, robotics, energy conservation, power supplies, and automation system products. It also offers environmental mobility, digital devices, food and commodity, logistic and warehouse automation, medical, robotic, panel, vision, software, and traceability related solutions. The Social Systems, Solutions and Service Business provides energy, public transport, traffic safety, network protection, payment, infrastructure monitoring, management service, and DX solutions, as well as offers remote surveillance/monitoring, automation/robotics, software development, engineering/maintenance, and other services. The Healthcare Business provides cardiovascular, respiratory care, pain management, remote patient monitoring, and other solutions. The Device and Module Solutions Business offers relays, switches, connectors, and sensors. OMRON Corporation was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.