Head to Head Review: Microwave Filter (OTCMKTS:MFCO) vs. Alps Electric (OTCMKTS:APELY)

Microwave Filter (OTCMKTS:MFCO) and Alps Electric (OTCMKTS:APELY) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk and profitability.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Microwave Filter and Alps Electric”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Microwave Filter	$2.18 million	1.53	-$260,000.00	$0.06	21.67
Alps Electric	$6.77 billion	0.42	$178.56 million	$1.78	15.33

Alps Electric has higher revenue and earnings than Microwave Filter. Alps Electric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Microwave Filter, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.1% of Alps Electric shares are held by institutional investors. 6.9% of Microwave Filter shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Alps Electric shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Microwave Filter and Alps Electric’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Microwave Filter	N/A	N/A	N/A
Alps Electric	2.62%	7.42%	4.18%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Microwave Filter and Alps Electric, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Microwave Filter	0	0	0	0	0.00
Alps Electric	0	1	0	0	2.00

Volatility & Risk

Microwave Filter has a beta of 0.16, suggesting that its stock price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alps Electric has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Alps Electric beats Microwave Filter on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Microwave Filter

Microwave Filter Company, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and sells electronic filters for radio and microwave frequencies primarily in the United States. It manufactures RF filters and related components for eliminating interference and facilitating signal processing for cable television, broadcast, commercial and military communications, avionics, radar, navigation, and defense markets. The company also designs waveguide, stripline/microstrip, transmission line, miniature/subminiature, and lumped constant filters. Its configurations include bandpass, highpass, lowpass, bandstop, multiplexers, tunable notch, tunable bandpass, high power filters, amplitude equalized, delay equalized, and filter networks. The company serves 5G, cable television, television and radio broadcast, satellite broadcast, mobile radio, commercial, and aerospace and defense electronics markets. Microwave Filter Company, Inc. was incorporated in 1967 and is based in East Syracuse, New York.

About Alps Electric

Alps Alpine Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells electronic components in Japan and internationally. It operates through four segments: Components, Sensor Communication, Module Systems, and Logistics. The company’s products for the consumer, industrial equipment, and IoT markets include TACT switches, worker condition monitoring systems, HAPTIC reactor, actuator for cameras, remote monitoring system for logistics, analog meter monitoring system, resistive position sensor, pressure sensor, air environment sensor module, three-axis geomagnetic sensor, humidity sensor, and pc board mount current sensor. Its products for the automotive market comprises TACT and detector switches, Encoder, aspherical glass lens with metal holder, HAPTIC reactor, trimagic converter, current sensor, magnetic sensor, millimeter-wave sensor, GNSS module, 5G NR module, power window switch, electric shifter, sound system, cabin controller, smart door trim, electric shifter, integrated display, premium sound speakers, and customized car products. The company also provides systems development, office, and financing and leasing services, as well as transportation, storage, and forwarding services. The company was formerly known as Alps Electric Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Alps Alpine Co., Ltd. in January 2019. The company was incorporated in 1948 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.