Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) vs. PT Kalbe Farma Tbk. (OTCMKTS:PTKFF) Head to Head Contrast

Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) and PT Kalbe Farma Tbk. (OTCMKTS:PTKFF) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares Amgen and PT Kalbe Farma Tbk.’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amgen	28.20%	165.37%	11.59%
PT Kalbe Farma Tbk.	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional and Insider Ownership

74.4% of Amgen shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.6% of PT Kalbe Farma Tbk. shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Amgen shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Amgen and PT Kalbe Farma Tbk., as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amgen	2	7	10	0	2.42
PT Kalbe Farma Tbk.	0	0	0	0	N/A

Amgen currently has a consensus price target of $280.16, suggesting a potential upside of 3.34%. Given Amgen’s higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Amgen is more favorable than PT Kalbe Farma Tbk..

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Amgen and PT Kalbe Farma Tbk.’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amgen	$26.32 billion	5.51	$6.55 billion	$14.07	19.27
PT Kalbe Farma Tbk.	N/A	N/A	N/A	$43.52	0.00

Amgen has higher revenue and earnings than PT Kalbe Farma Tbk.. PT Kalbe Farma Tbk. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amgen, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Dividends

Amgen pays an annual dividend of $8.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. PT Kalbe Farma Tbk. pays an annual dividend of $14.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 12,587.1%. Amgen pays out 60.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PT Kalbe Farma Tbk. pays out 33.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Amgen has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years. PT Kalbe Farma Tbk. is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Amgen beats PT Kalbe Farma Tbk. on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Amgen

Amgen Inc. discovers, develops, manufactures, and delivers human therapeutics worldwide. It focuses on inflammation, oncology/hematology, bone health, cardiovascular disease, nephrology, and neuroscience areas. The company's products include Enbrel to treat plaque psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, and psoriatic arthritis; Neulasta that reduces the chance of infection due a low white blood cell count in patients cancer; Prolia to treat postmenopausal women with osteoporosis; Xgeva for skeletal-related events prevention; Otezla for the treatment of adult patients with plaque psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, and oral ulcers associated with Behçet's disease; Aranesp to treat a lower-than-normal number of red blood cells and anemia; KYPROLIS to treat patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma; and Repatha, which reduces the risks of myocardial infarction, stroke, and coronary revascularization. It also markets Nplate, Vectibix, MVASI, Parsabiv, EPOGEN, KANJINTI, BLINCYTO, Aimovig, EVENITY, AMGEVITATM, Sensipar/Mimpara, NEUPOGEN, IMLYGIC, Corlanor, and AVSOLA. Amgen Inc. serves healthcare providers, including physicians or their clinics, dialysis centers, hospitals, and pharmacies. It distributes its products through pharmaceutical wholesale distributors, as well as direct-to-consumer channels. It has collaboration agreements with Novartis Pharma AG; UCB; Bayer HealthCare LLC; BeiGene, Ltd.; Eli Lilly and Company; Datos Health; and Verastem, Inc. to evaluate VS-6766 in combination with lumakrastm (Sotorasib) in patients with KRAS G12C-mutant non-small cell lung cancer. It has an agreement with Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd. to jointly develop and commercialize KHK4083, a Phase 3-ready anti-OX40 fully human monoclonal antibody for the treatment of atopic dermatitis and other autoimmune diseases; and research and development collaboration with Neumora Therapeutics, Inc. and Plexium, Inc. Amgen Inc. was incorporated in 1980 and is headquartered in Thousand Oaks, California.

About PT Kalbe Farma Tbk.

PT Kalbe Farma Tbk., together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and trades in pharmaceutical products in Indonesia. The company operates through four divisions: Prescription Pharmaceuticals, Consumer Health, Nutritionals, and Distribution and Logistic. It offers generic, branded, and licensed drugs, including Brainact, Cefspan, Mycoral, Cernevit, Cravit, Neuralgin, Broadced, Neurotam, Hemapo, and CPG that are distributed to hospitals, pharmacies, and drug stores. The company also provides over-the-counter drugs; energy drinks, ready-to-drink products, supplements, and other preventive products; and nutritional products for infants, toddlers, children, teenagers, adults, pregnant and lactating women, and elders, as well as for consumers with special medical needs. In addition, it offers contract services, including clinical study management, bioavailability/bioequivalence studies, and contract analysis to pharmaceutical companies; and animal health products, as well as operates Mitrasana Clinics, a health care service. Further, the company provides health screening services; operates as an agent and representative for biotechnology products; distributes consumer products, medical equipment, cosmetics, and other trading products; and trades in medical and laboratory equipment and supplies, raw materials for pharmaceutical products, and consumable products for hemodialysis therapy, as well as offers advertising services. PT Kalbe Farma Tbk. was incorporated in 1966 and is headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia.