Fujitsu (FJTSY) versus Its Peers Financial Comparison

Fujitsu (OTCMKTS:FJTSY) is one of 138 public companies in the “Information Technology Services” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Fujitsu to related businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, dividends, profitability and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Fujitsu and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fujitsu	1	1	0	0	1.50
Fujitsu Competitors	194	1211	2494	63	2.61

As a group, “Information Technology Services” companies have a potential upside of 29.52%. Given Fujitsu’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Fujitsu has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Dividends

Fujitsu pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Fujitsu pays out 14.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Information Technology Services” companies pay a dividend yield of 4.2% and pay out 190.4% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Profitability

This table compares Fujitsu and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fujitsu	5.53%	11.79%	6.43%
Fujitsu Competitors	-20.67%	-120.85%	-3.51%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Fujitsu and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fujitsu	$27.49 billion	$1.59 billion	16.44
Fujitsu Competitors	$4.13 billion	-$49.28 million	-107.39

Fujitsu has higher revenue and earnings than its competitors. Fujitsu is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.1% of Fujitsu shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.7% of shares of all “Information Technology Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 30.8% of shares of all “Information Technology Services” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

Fujitsu has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fujitsu’s competitors have a beta of 1.02, suggesting that their average share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Fujitsu competitors beat Fujitsu on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

About Fujitsu

Fujitsu Limited operates as an information and communication technology company in Japan and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Technology Solutions, Ubiquitous Solutions, and Device Solutions. The company offers multi cloud and hybrid IT services; assessment and consultative services; SAP landscape transformation services; new workplace; datacentre products comprising integrated systems, storage solutions, servers, network switches, and infrastructure management; workplace products including notebooks, tablet PC's, desktop PC's, workstations, thin clients, displays, and peripheral devices; consumption based IT services; installation and implementation services; and hardware, software, and infrastructure support services, as well as electronic devices, air conditioning products, and network solutions. It also provides cyber security solutions, including cyber security consulting, managed security servies, and security operation and advanced threat centers; internet of things, artificial intelligence platform and solutions; and software products comprising FUJITSU Software Infrastructure Manager and FUJITSU Software ServerView Suite. Further, the company offers electronic components, such as semiconductor packages and batteries. It serves automotive, manufacturing, retail, financial services, transport, telecommunications, healthcare, and energy and utilities industries; the public sectors; and services providers. The company was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.