Comparing Sekisui House (SKHSY) & Its Rivals

Sekisui House (OTCMKTS:SKHSY) is one of 150 public companies in the “Household Durables” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Sekisui House to similar companies based on the strength of its valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Dividends

Sekisui House pays an annual dividend of $0.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Sekisui House pays out 27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Household Durables” companies pay a dividend yield of 4.1% and pay out 32.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Risk & Volatility

Sekisui House has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sekisui House’s rivals have a beta of 1.77, suggesting that their average stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.0% of Sekisui House shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.6% of shares of all “Household Durables” companies are held by institutional investors. 18.3% of shares of all “Household Durables” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sekisui House	6.15%	11.16%	4.87%
Sekisui House Competitors	-2.75%	-17.14%	1.17%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Sekisui House and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sekisui House	$28.07 billion	$1.56 billion	8.76
Sekisui House Competitors	$5.27 billion	$310.98 million	9.08

Sekisui House has higher revenue and earnings than its rivals. Sekisui House 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for Sekisui House and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sekisui House	0	0	0	1	4.00
Sekisui House Competitors	1810	7430	8154	316	2.39

As a group, “Household Durables” companies have a potential upside of 44.16%. Given Sekisui House’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sekisui House has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Summary

Sekisui House beats its rivals on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

About Sekisui House

Sekisui House, Ltd. designs, constructs, and contracts built-to-order detached houses in Japan and internationally. The company operates through Custom Detached Houses, Rental Housing, Architectural/Civil Engineering, Remodeling, Real Estate Management Fees, Houses For Sale, Condominiums, Urban Redevelopment, and Overseas segments. It also engages in contracting of design and construction of custom detached houses, rental housing, office building, commercial buildings, and other properties; construction of reinforced concrete rental housing and commercial buildings; contracting of design and construction of civil engineering works; remodeling and renovation of houses; subleasing, management, operation, and brokerage of real estate; sale of houses and residential land; and sales of condominiums. Sekisui House, Ltd. was incorporated in 1929 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.