Head-To-Head Contrast: Fujitsu (FJTSY) & Its Rivals

Fujitsu (OTCMKTS:FJTSY) is one of 400 publicly-traded companies in the “Private households” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Fujitsu to similar businesses based on the strength of its risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Fujitsu and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fujitsu	1	1	0	0	1.50
Fujitsu Competitors	1454	4269	4303	48	2.29

As a group, “Private households” companies have a potential upside of 1,337.35%. Given Fujitsu’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Fujitsu has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Risk & Volatility

Fujitsu has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fujitsu’s rivals have a beta of 2.27, indicating that their average stock price is 127% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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, “Private households” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.4% and pay out 34.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.1% of Fujitsu shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.4% of shares of all “Private households” companies are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of shares of all “Private households” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Fujitsu and its rivals’ 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	-16.59%	6.63%	1.96%

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fujitsu	$27.49 billion	$1.59 billion	16.56
Fujitsu Competitors	$12.66 billion	$1.31 billion	14.86

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

Summary

Fujitsu rivals 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.