Arcadis (OTCMKTS:ARCAY) and Chiyoda (OTCMKTS:CHYCY) Head-To-Head Survey

Arcadis (OTCMKTS:ARCAY) and Chiyoda (OTCMKTS:CHYCY) are both construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Arcadis and Chiyoda”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Arcadis	$4.20 billion	1.05	$262.95 million	N/A	N/A
Chiyoda	$3.00 billion	0.17	$178.11 million	$0.29	6.72

Arcadis has higher revenue and earnings than Chiyoda.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Arcadis and Chiyoda, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Arcadis	0	0	0	2	4.00
Chiyoda	0	0	0	0	0.00

Profitability

This table compares Arcadis and Chiyoda’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Arcadis	N/A	N/A	N/A
Chiyoda	6.83%	147.56%	6.61%

Volatility & Risk

Arcadis has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chiyoda has a beta of -0.07, meaning that its share price is 107% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Arcadis beats Chiyoda on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Arcadis

Arcadis NV offers design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets in The Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia Pacific. It operates through Places, Mobility, Resilience, and Intelligence segments. The company offers architectural and urbanism services; and asset management services, such as asset management strategy and planning, asset management decision making and operational optimization, life cycle planning and asset management systems, asset information/condition assessment, risk and review, organization and people, and asset management/O&M. It also provides business advisory services, including asset strategy and performance, business transformation and resiliency, investment and finance, operations and maintenance, and technology and information; contract solutions; cost and commercial management services; and design and engineering solutions for highways, railways, bridges, tunnels, power utilities, water utilities, ports and waterways, geotechnics, architecture, and structures, as well as building mechanical, electrical, and plumbing. In addition, the company offers digital environmental health safety and sustainability, environmental restoration, and project management solutions. Further, it provides mobility solutions for connected highways, intelligent rail and transit, integrated airports, and new mobility; places solutions; resilience solutions, such as energy transition, climate adaption, water optimization, enviro socio permitting, sustainable advisory, environmental restoration, and sustainable operations; and water supply and treatment, distribution, resource management, and industrial water and wastewater services. The company was formerly known as Heidemij NV and changed its name to Arcadis N.V. in October 1997. Arcadis NV was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

About Chiyoda

Chiyoda Corporation engages in the integrated engineering business in Japan and internationally. It offers consulting, planning, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and maintenance services for facilities related to gas, electricity, petroleum, petrochemical, chemical, pharmaceutical, antipollution, environment, preservation, and others. The company also explores for oil, gas, and other mineral resources, as well as invests in and finances exploration activities. Chiyoda Corporation was incorporated in 1948 and is headquartered in Yokohama, Japan.