Head-To-Head Comparison: Carillion (OTCMKTS:CIOIF) versus Japan Tobacco (OTCMKTS:JAPAY)

Carillion (OTCMKTS:CIOIF) and Japan Tobacco (OTCMKTS:JAPAY) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Carillion and Japan Tobacco, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Carillion	0	0	0	0	0.00
Japan Tobacco	0	0	0	1	4.00

Profitability

This table compares Carillion and Japan Tobacco’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Carillion	N/A	N/A	N/A
Japan Tobacco	14.74%	11.11%	6.35%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Carillion and Japan Tobacco”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Carillion	$6.69 billion	0.01	N/A	N/A	N/A
Japan Tobacco	$20.83 billion	2.65	$3.06 billion	$0.86	18.04

Japan Tobacco has higher revenue and earnings than Carillion.

Risk & Volatility

Carillion has a beta of -0.54, suggesting that its share price is 154% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Japan Tobacco has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Japan Tobacco beats Carillion on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Carillion

Carillion plc operates as an integrated support services company in the United Kingdom, the Middle East and North Africa, Canada, and the rest of the world. The company operates through four segments: Support Services, Public Private Partnership (PPP) Projects, Middle East Construction Services, and Construction Services (Excluding the Middle East). It provides maintenance, facilities management, and energy services to buildings and large property estates, and public and private sectors; infrastructure services for roads, railways, and utility networks, primarily telecommunications and power transmission and distribution sectors; and remote site accommodation and consultancy services. The company also offers project finance, support, and construction services for public private partnership projects to deliver public sector buildings and infrastructure; and construction, civil engineering and development, and consultancy services to a range of buildings and infrastructure focusing on contracts for long-term public and private sector customers. It serves aviation, corporate, financial services, oil and gas, central and local government, defense, healthcare, transport, education, commercial and retail, and residential and leisure sectors. Carillion plc was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Wolverhampton, the United Kingdom.

About Japan Tobacco

Japan Tobacco Inc., a tobacco company, manufactures and sells tobacco products, pharmaceuticals, and processed foods in Japan and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Tobacco Business, Pharmaceutical, and Processed Food. It offers tobacco products, such as cigarettes, heat-not-burn tobacco products, E-vapor products, fine cut tobacco products, cigars, pipes, smokeless tobacco products, and hookah and kretek products. The company also provides reduced-risk products, including infused tobacco capsules and heated tobacco sticks. In addition, it researches and develops, manufactures, and sells prescription drugs for the therapeutic areas, such as cardiovascular, kidney and metabolism, immunity/inflammation, and central nervous system. Further, the company provides frozen and room-temperature products, such as frozen udon noodles, packed rice, and frozen okonomiyaki; bakery products; and seasonings, including yeast extracts, assembled, kelp and bonito extracts, and oyster sauces. It offers its products under the Winston, Camel, MEVIUS, and LD brands. Japan Tobacco Inc. was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.