Contrasting Schneider Electric (OTCMKTS:SBGSY) & Kone Oyj (OTCMKTS:KNYJY)

Kone Oyj (OTCMKTS:KNYJY) and Schneider Electric (OTCMKTS:SBGSY) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Risk and Volatility

Kone Oyj has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schneider Electric has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Kone Oyj and Schneider Electric”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kone Oyj	$12.01 billion	2.56	$1.03 billion	$1.03	32.99
Schneider Electric	$41.29 billion	3.85	$4.62 billion	N/A	N/A

Schneider Electric has higher revenue and earnings than Kone Oyj.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.8% of Schneider Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Kone Oyj pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Schneider Electric pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Kone Oyj pays out 40.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Kone Oyj and Schneider Electric, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kone Oyj	1	1	0	0	1.50
Schneider Electric	0	4	2	3	2.89

Profitability

This table compares Kone Oyj and Schneider Electric’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kone Oyj	8.69%	39.38%	11.08%
Schneider Electric	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Schneider Electric beats Kone Oyj on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Kone Oyj

KONE Oyj, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the elevator and escalator business worldwide. The company provides elevators, escalators, and automatic building doors. It offers maintenance services; and modernization solutions. In addition, the company offers KONE Office Flow, a connected solution that allows for personalized user experiences and touch-free access; health and well-being solutions for elevators, escalators, and doors; KONE Access, an access control system, which is integrated with elevator system and building doors; KONE Destination, a destination control system that reduce waiting and travel times; KONE infotainment, a communication channel for building tenants and visitors; and monitoring solutions that enable real-time inspection of elevators and escalators. Further, it provides people flow planning and consulting services; solutions for special buildings and large projects; cybersecurity solutions; and energy solutions for greener buildings. KONE Oyj was founded in 1908 and is based in Espoo, Finland.

About Schneider Electric

Schneider Electric S.E. engages in the energy management and industrial automation businesses in the France, Western Europe, North America, the Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa, South America, and internationally. The company offers busway and cable management products, circuit breakers and switches, contactors and protection relays, electrical car charging, electrical protection and control products, energy management software solutions, load banks, power monitoring and control systems, power quality and power factor correction products, push buttons, switches, pilot lights and joysticks, surge protection and power conditioning services, switchboards and enclosures, and transfer switches. It also provides access control, controllers, expansion modules, servers and HMIs, fire and security products, sensors, valves and valve actuators, and variable speed and frequency drives; energy management and software solutions; feeder automation, grid automation, and SCADA software products; and medium voltage switchgears and transformers, outdoor equipment, substation automation products, and switchgear components. In addition, the company offers critical power and cooling services, data center cooling and software, IT power distribution products, prefabricated data center modules, racks and accessories, security and environmental monitoring, surge protection and power conditioning, and uninterruptible power supply products; and home automation and security, installation materials and systems, light switches, and electrical sockets. Further, the company provides human machine interface, industrial automation software and communication, interface relays, measurement and control relays, measurement and instrumentation products, motion controls and robotics, signaling units, solar and energy storage, power supplies, power protection and transformers, process control and safety, RFID systems, and other industrial automation and control products, as well as PLC, PAC, and dedicated controllers. Schneider Electric S.E.was founded in 1836 and is headquartered in Rueil-Malmaison, France.