Analyzing Daito Trust Construction (DIFTY) and Its Rivals

Insider and Institutional Ownership

58.4% of shares of all “REAL ESTATE OPS” companies are held by institutional investors. 22.2% of shares of all “REAL ESTATE OPS” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Daito Trust Construction pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Daito Trust Construction pays out 123.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “REAL ESTATE OPS” companies pay a dividend yield of 2.0% and pay out 338.3% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Daito Trust Construction is clearly a better dividend stock than its competitors, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Risk and Volatility

Daito Trust Construction has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Daito Trust Construction’s competitors have a beta of 0.95, meaning that their average stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Daito Trust Construction and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Daito Trust Construction	N/A	N/A	N/A
Daito Trust Construction Competitors	3.47%	-19.78%	0.44%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Daito Trust Construction and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Daito Trust Construction	$12.10 billion	$619.46 million	37.88
Daito Trust Construction Competitors	$3.62 billion	$125.01 million	48.88

Daito Trust Construction has higher revenue and earnings than its competitors. Daito Trust Construction 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.

Summary

Daito Trust Construction competitors beat Daito Trust Construction on 6 of the 11 factors compared.

About Daito Trust Construction

Daito Trust Construction Co.,Ltd. designs, constructs, and rents apartments and condominiums in Japan. It operates through three segments: Construction, Real Estate, and Finance. The company design and construct rental housing and other structure construction; ironwork and construction; building management and renovation, and whole building leasing; rental housing tenant guarantor services; advertising; and LP gas supply businesses. Further, the company operates day service centers and childcare facilities; operates hotels in Malaysia; and bridge financing for general contractors. Additionally, it sells short-term insurance; offers credit card settlements services; rental apartment and condominium brokering services; provides real estate management and asset succession consulting services; and offers document shipping and destruction, printing, and administrative services. The company also engages in development and sale of investment-type apartment properties, and management of facility reservation portal sites. Daito Trust Construction Co.,Ltd. was incorporated in 1974 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.