Head-To-Head Analysis: Nabtesco (NCTKY) & Its Peers

Nabtesco (OTCMKTS:NCTKY) is one of 169 public companies in the “Specialty Industrial Machinery” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Nabtesco to similar businesses based on the strength of its profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nabtesco	N/A	N/A	0.18
Nabtesco Competitors	$4.47 billion	$390.46 million	527.78

Nabtesco’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Nabtesco. Nabtesco 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.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

45.8% of shares of all “Specialty Industrial Machinery” companies are owned by institutional investors. 24.0% of shares of all “Specialty Industrial Machinery” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nabtesco	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nabtesco Competitors	-7.13%	-6.33%	1.34%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Nabtesco and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nabtesco	0	0	0	0	N/A
Nabtesco Competitors	1048	4288	5613	86	2.43

As a group, “Specialty Industrial Machinery” companies have a potential upside of 17.87%. Given Nabtesco’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Nabtesco has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Summary

Nabtesco rivals beat Nabtesco on 6 of the 8 factors compared.

About Nabtesco

Nabtesco Corporation manufactures and sells equipment in the industrial, daily life, and environmental fields in Japan and internationally. The company offers precision reduction gears for industrial robots' joints; hydraulic equipment, such as traveling unit for crawlers, control valve for mini excavators, and swing unit for hydraulic excavators; railroad vehicle equipment, such as railroad vehicle brake systems, test equipment, door operating units, brake shoes, seat turning equipment, and snow removal devices; and aircraft equipment comprising flight control actuation systems and high voltage electric power distribution units. It also provides air dryers and wedge brake chambers for commercial vehicles, and hydraulic clutch master cylinders for passenger vehicles; engine remote control systems for marine vessels; automatic doors and platform doors for buildings; automatic filters/sealers for retort pouch foods; and prosthetic knee joints and rollator with a speed control system. In addition, the company offers condition monitoring with fail-safe equipment and diagnostic services for wind turbine. Nabtesco Corporation was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.