Head to Head Analysis: Oriental Land (OLCLY) and Its Peers

Oriental Land (OTCMKTS:OLCLY) is one of 35 public companies in the “HOTELS & MOTELS” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Oriental Land to related companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and risk.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

71.1% of shares of all “HOTELS & MOTELS” companies are owned by institutional investors. 26.8% of shares of all “HOTELS & MOTELS” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Oriental Land pays an annual dividend of $0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Oriental Land pays out 14.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “HOTELS & MOTELS” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.2% and pay out 30.9% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Oriental Land and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Oriental Land	$4.46 billion	$819.46 million	40.06
Oriental Land Competitors	$4.04 billion	$347.52 million	25.01

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

Volatility & Risk

Oriental Land has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oriental Land’s competitors have a beta of 1.00, indicating that their average stock price is 0% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Oriental Land and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Oriental Land	0	1	0	0	2.00
Oriental Land Competitors	271	1599	1601	51	2.41

As a group, “HOTELS & MOTELS” companies have a potential upside of 1.23%. Given Oriental Land’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Oriental Land has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Oriental Land and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Oriental Land	18.26%	12.82%	8.82%
Oriental Land Competitors	-12.17%	-49.20%	1.63%

Summary

Oriental Land competitors beat Oriental Land on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

Oriental Land Company Profile

Oriental Land Co., Ltd. operates and manages theme parks and hotels in Japan. It operates through Theme Park, Hotel Business, and Other Business segments. The Theme Park segment operates and manages Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea theme parks. The Hotel Business segment operates and manages Tokyo Disneyland Hotel, Tokyo DisneySea Hotel MiraCosta, Disney Ambassador Hotel, and Tokyo Disney Celebration Hotel, as well as Tokyo Disney Resort Toy Story Hotel. The Other Business segment operates and manages Ikspiari, a shopping complex that includes shops and restaurants, and a cinema complex; and Disney Resort Line, a monorail connecting four stations within Tokyo Disney Resort. It is also involved in the land development. Oriental Land Co., Ltd. was incorporated in 1960 and is based in Urayasu, Japan.