Head-To-Head Review: IEH (IEHC) versus Its Competitors

IEH (OTCMKTS:IEHC) is one of 377 public companies in the “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare IEH to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk and dividends.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
IEH	$29.42 million	-$1.30 million	-2,710.00
IEH Competitors	$4.05 billion	$172.92 million	4.78

IEH’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than IEH. IEH 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 and Risk

IEH has a beta of -0.12, meaning that its share price is 112% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IEH’s peers have a beta of -0.29, meaning that their average share price is 129% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

43.5% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are held by institutional investors. 27.0% of IEH shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.1% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IEH	0.04%	0.06%	0.05%
IEH Competitors	-141.19%	-31.04%	-7.22%

Analyst Recommendations

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IEH	0	1	0	0	2.00
IEH Competitors	2049	7616	10449	665	2.47

As a group, “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies have a potential upside of 41.19%. Given IEH’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe IEH has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Summary

IEH peers beat IEH on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

IEH Company Profile

IEH Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, and sells printed circuit board connectors and custom interconnects for high performance applications in the United States and internationally. The company's products are used as basic components of larger assemblies of finished goods. It markets its products directly to original equipment manufacturers, as well as through authorized representatives and distributors primarily to defense, aerospace, medical, industrial, test equipment, space, and commercial electronic markets. The company was formerly known as Industrial Heat Treating Company, Inc. and changed its name to IEH Corporation in March 1989. IEH Corporation was founded in 1941 and is based in Brooklyn, New York.