Contrasting Aisin Seiki (ASEKY) & Its Competitors

Aisin Seiki (OTCMKTS:ASEKY) is one of 71 publicly-traded companies in the “AUTO/TRUCK – ORIG” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Aisin Seiki to related businesses based on the strength of its dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Aisin Seiki and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aisin Seiki	0	1	0	0	2.00
Aisin Seiki Competitors	694	3413	4672	237	2.49

As a group, “AUTO/TRUCK – ORIG” companies have a potential upside of 23.68%. Given Aisin Seiki’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Aisin Seiki has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

65.0% of shares of all “AUTO/TRUCK – ORIG” companies are held by institutional investors. 7.8% of shares of all “AUTO/TRUCK – ORIG” 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.

Volatility & Risk

Aisin Seiki has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aisin Seiki’s peers have a beta of 3.22, indicating that their average stock price is 222% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aisin Seiki	3.37%	7.55%	3.96%
Aisin Seiki Competitors	-1,652.78%	-20.07%	-5.11%

Dividends

Aisin Seiki pays an annual dividend of $0.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Aisin Seiki pays out 19.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “AUTO/TRUCK – ORIG” companies pay a dividend yield of 2.2% and pay out 30.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Aisin Seiki and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aisin Seiki	$32.15 billion	$699.31 million	11.62
Aisin Seiki Competitors	$8.20 billion	$178.85 million	25.12

Aisin Seiki has higher revenue and earnings than its peers. Aisin Seiki 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.

Summary

Aisin Seiki peers beat Aisin Seiki on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

About Aisin Seiki

Aisin Corporation manufactures and sells automotive parts, and energy and lifestyle related products. It provides powertrain products comprising 1 motor hybrid transmission and eaxle products; chassis and vehicle safety systems, such as automated parking systems and electronically controlled brake systems; power sliding door systems and sunroof products; connected and sharing solutions; and repair and maintenance products. The company also offers energy solutions comprising ENE·FARM, a system that generates electricity by extracting hydrogen from gas; gas heat pump air conditioners; warm water shower toilet seats; and peltier modules that are thermoelectric conversion devices, which function as heat pumps by sending direct current. In addition, it provides ILY-Ai, a multifunctional personal shopping mobility product for various user needs; fiber laser; and audio equipment. Aisin Corporation was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in Kariya, Japan.