Critical Contrast: Emerson Electric (NYSE:EMR) vs. JNS (OTCMKTS:JNSH)

Emerson Electric (NYSE:EMR) and JNS (OTCMKTS:JNSH) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

74.3% of Emerson Electric shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Emerson Electric shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Emerson Electric and JNS, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Emerson Electric	1	6	11	2	2.70
JNS	0	0	0	0	0.00

Emerson Electric presently has a consensus target price of $148.28, suggesting a potential upside of 11.64%. Given Emerson Electric’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Emerson Electric is more favorable than JNS.

Risk & Volatility

Emerson Electric has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JNS has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Emerson Electric and JNS”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Emerson Electric	$17.49 billion	4.27	$1.97 billion	$4.65	28.56
JNS	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Emerson Electric has higher revenue and earnings than JNS.

Profitability

This table compares Emerson Electric and JNS’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Emerson Electric	14.92%	14.34%	7.79%
JNS	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Emerson Electric beats JNS on 11 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Emerson Electric

Emerson Electric Co., a technology and software company, provides various solutions for customers in industrial, commercial, and consumer markets in the Americas, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. It operates in six segments: Final Control, Control Systems & Software, Measurement & Analytical, AspenTech, Discrete Automation, and Safety & Productivity. The Final Control segment provides control, isolation, shutoff, pressure relief, and pressure safety valves, actuators, and regulators for process and hybrid industries. The Measurement & Analytical segment offers intelligent instrumentation measuring the physical properties of liquids or gases, such as pressure, temperature, level, flow, acoustics, corrosion, pH, conductivity, water quality, toxic gases, and flame. The Discrete Automation segment offers solenoid and pneumatic valves, valve position indicators, pneumatic cylinders, air preparation equipment, pressure and temperature switches, electric linear motion solutions, programmable automation control systems, electrical distribution equipment, and materials joining solutions. The Safety & Productivity segment offers tools for professionals and homeowners; pipe-working tools, including pipe wrenches, pipe cutters, pipe threading and roll grooving equipment, battery hydraulic tools; electrical tools; and other professional tools. The Control Systems & Software segment provides distributed control systems, safety instrumented systems, SCADA systems, application software, digital twins, asset performance management, and cybersecurity. The Test & Measurement provides software-connected automated test and measurement systems. The AspenTech segment provides asset optimization software that enables industrial manufacturers to design, operate, and maintain operations for enhancing performance through a combination of decades of modeling, simulation, and optimization capabilities. The company was incorporated in 1890 and is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri.

About JNS

JNS Holdings Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates as an electrical design build construction services contractor in the United States. The company is based in Wheeling, Illinois.