Contrasting Great Wall Motor (GWLLF) and Its Peers

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Great Wall Motor and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Great Wall Motor	N/A	N/A	0.39
Great Wall Motor Competitors	$53.41 billion	$1.13 billion	7.22

Great Wall Motor’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Great Wall Motor. Great Wall Motor 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 Great Wall Motor and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Great Wall Motor	N/A	N/A	N/A
Great Wall Motor Competitors	-1,522.54%	-126.86%	-11.74%

Dividends

Great Wall Motor pays an annual dividend of $0.83 per share and has a dividend yield of 80.7%. Great Wall Motor pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Automobiles” companies pay a dividend yield of 145.6% and pay out 7.2% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Great Wall Motor lags its rivals as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

10.8% of Great Wall Motor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.2% of shares of all “Automobiles” companies are held by institutional investors. 14.6% of shares of all “Automobiles” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Great Wall Motor rivals beat Great Wall Motor on 6 of the 9 factors compared.

About Great Wall Motor

Great Wall Motor Company Limited researches and develops, manufactures, and sells automobiles, and automotive parts and components in China, Europe, ASEAN countries, Latin America, the Middle East, Australia, South Africa, and internationally. The company offers SUVs, sedans, pick-up trucks, multi-purpose vehicles, and energy vehicles primarily under the Haval, WEY, ORA, Tank, and Great Wall Pickup brand names. It also provides investment and financing, logistics and goods transportation, buildings rental, after-sales, customer sales, technical development and consulting, technical, and finance leasing services; consulting services on automotive research and development; and operates investment platform. In addition, the company repairs automobiles; transports general goods; researches, develops, and manufactures auto moulds; researches and develops unmanned vehicles; researches and manufactures motorcycles and related parts; and automotive technology research and development, and technical consultancy services, as well as processes, recycles, and sells waste and used materials; and sells lubricants. Further, it engages in the wholesale and retail of car accessories; research and test development of engineering technology; international trading activities; scrap car recycling and dismantling activities; and provision of insurance brokering, technical, and computer system services, as well as development of network and information security software. The company was formerly known as Baoding Great Wall Motor Company Limited and changed its name to Great Wall Motor Company Limited in May 2003. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Baoding, China. Great Wall Motor Company Limited is a subsidiary of Baoding Innovation Great Wall Asset Management Company Limited.