Contrasting Shimano (OTCMKTS:SMNNY) & Eurofins Scientific (OTCMKTS:ERFSF)

Eurofins Scientific (OTCMKTS:ERFSF) and Shimano (OTCMKTS:SMNNY) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Eurofins Scientific and Shimano”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Eurofins Scientific	$7.05 billion	1.44	$335.48 million	N/A	N/A
Shimano	$3.38 billion	3.59	$434.11 million	$0.31	43.87

Shimano has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Eurofins Scientific.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Eurofins Scientific and Shimano, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Eurofins Scientific	0	0	0	1	4.00
Shimano	0	0	0	0	0.00

Profitability

This table compares Eurofins Scientific and Shimano’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eurofins Scientific	N/A	N/A	N/A
Shimano	9.65%	5.14%	4.73%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.0% of Shimano shares are held by institutional investors. 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.

Volatility & Risk

Eurofins Scientific has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shimano has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Shimano beats Eurofins Scientific on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Eurofins Scientific

Eurofins Scientific SE, together with its subsidiaries, provides various analytical testing and laboratory services worldwide. The company offers a portfolio of various analytical methods and tests to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability, and purity of various products. It provides services such as agroscience, including biological assessment, consumer and human, and environmental safety, product chemistry, regulatory consultancy, and seed services; agro testing; assurance, such as product inspection, auditing, certification, training and consultation of food, consumer products, healthcare and cosmetics, and food supplements; biopharma, and clinical diagnostics. In addition, the company offers consumer product testing, which include sustainability, expert services and regulatory, consumer research and sensory evaluation, audits, testing, certifications and approvals, inspections, and training courses for various industries; cosmetics and personal care; environment testing, including water, air, soil, waste, and other products testing; and food and feed testing that include allergen, GMO, grain, meat, nano material, pesticides, and residual DNA testing. Further, it offers audit and certification, training and consulting; food irradiation and labelling, heavy metals, carbohydrates, radioactivity, nutritional analysis, microbiolody, and testing for persistent organic pollutants, veterinary drug residue, dioxins and organic contaminants, pesticides, mycotoxins, and vitamins, as well as analyses for genetic modifications. Additionally, the company provides forensic, genomic, maritime, materials and engineering, REACH, and other services. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.

About Shimano

Shimano Inc. develops, produces, and distributes bicycle components, fishing tackles, and rowing equipment. It has operations in Japan, Asia, Europe, North America, Latin America, and Oceania. Shimano Inc. was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in Sakai, Japan.