Analyzing Screen (DINRF) and The Competition

Screen (OTCMKTS:DINRF) is one of 219 public companies in the “Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Screen to similar businesses based on the strength of its earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and profitability.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

54.8% of shares of all “Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment” companies are owned by institutional investors. 12.2% of shares of all “Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Screen and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Screen	14.32%	19.03%	12.23%
Screen Competitors	-189.11%	-126.97%	-2.92%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Screen and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Screen	$4.02 billion	$607.23 million	14.25
Screen Competitors	$6.32 billion	$1.80 billion	45.67

Screen’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Screen. Screen is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Volatility & Risk

Screen has a beta of 1.76, meaning that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Screen’s peers have a beta of 1.97, meaning that their average share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Screen and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Screen	1	0	0	0	1.00
Screen Competitors	3317	11863	24780	894	2.57

As a group, “Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment” companies have a potential upside of 21.09%. Given Screen’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Screen has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Summary

Screen peers beat Screen on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

About Screen

SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd. develops, manufactures, sells, and maintains semiconductor production equipment in Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, China, the United States, Europe, and internationally. It operates in four segments: Semiconductor Production Equipment Business, Graphic Arts Equipment Business, Display Production Equipment and Coater Business, and PCB-Related Equipment Business. The company offers coat/develop trackers, wafer cleaning systems, annealing systems, measurement systems, inspection systems, and advanced packaging lithography equipment. It also provides coater systems, vacuum film deposition equipment, wet processors, dryers, heaters, exposures, and laminators/de-laminators. In addition, the company offers direct imaging systems, automatic optical inspection systems, automatic optical photomask inspection systems, and defect verification and repair systems; automatic final visual inspection systems; and setup stations and defect tabulation software. Further, it provides high-speed inkjet, label, wide format, CTP, network support, Hiragino font, and other workflow solutions; offset printing, digital book, manual, direct mail, transpromo, label production, package printing, display, and signage solutions; and artificial intelligence, text mining, augmented reality, image analysis, and congestion analysis solutions. Additionally, the company offers biosciences equipment; compact inkjet printing systems for tablets, UV inkjet printing systems for aluminum rolls, and inkjet printing systems for tablets; in-vehicle components for inspection and measurement; and lithium-ion rechargeable batteries and fuel cells. It also undertakes contract manufacturing and support, and intellectual property services related operations. The company was formerly known as Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. and changed its name to SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd. in October 2014. SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd. was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.