Reviewing JFE (JFEEF) and Its Peers

Profitability

This table compares JFE and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JFE	1.88%	3.56%	1.61%
JFE Competitors	2.02%	1.00%	1.39%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares JFE and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
JFE	$31.91 billion	$606.33 million	12.53
JFE Competitors	$20.63 billion	$280.11 million	17.39

JFE has higher revenue and earnings than its peers. JFE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Volatility and Risk

JFE has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JFE’s peers have a beta of 1.26, indicating that their average stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

54.8% of shares of all “STEEL – PRODUCERS” companies are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of shares of all “STEEL – PRODUCERS” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

JFE peers beat JFE on 5 of the 9 factors compared.

About JFE

JFE Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in steel, engineering, and trading businesses in Japan and internationally. Its Steel segment produces and sells various steel products, processed steel products, and raw materials, as well as operates in the transportation, facility maintenance, and construction businesses. The company's Engineering segment handles the engineering of energy, urban environment, steel structures and industrial machinery, recycling, and electricity retailing projects. Its Trading segment purchases, processes, and distributes steel products, raw materials for steel production, nonferrous metal products, food, etc. JFE Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 2002 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.