Contrasting Marubeni (OTCMKTS:MARUY) & Barloworld (OTCMKTS:BRRAY)

Barloworld (OTCMKTS:BRRAY) and Marubeni (OTCMKTS:MARUY) are both multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.

Volatility & Risk

Barloworld has a beta of -0.29, meaning that its share price is 129% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marubeni has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Barloworld and Marubeni, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Barloworld	0	0	0	0	0.00
Marubeni	0	1	1	0	2.50

Dividends

Barloworld pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Marubeni pays an annual dividend of $5.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Marubeni pays out 21.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.1% of Marubeni shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Barloworld	$2.09 billion	1.42	$79.96 million	N/A	N/A
Marubeni	$51.16 billion	1.02	$3.32 billion	$23.16	13.67

Marubeni has higher revenue and earnings than Barloworld.

Profitability

This table compares Barloworld and Marubeni’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Barloworld	N/A	N/A	N/A
Marubeni	7.04%	14.83%	6.16%

Summary

Marubeni beats Barloworld on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Barloworld

Barloworld Limited operates as an industrial processing, distribution, and services company in Southern Africa, Australia, Russia, and Mongolia. The company operates through Equipment Southern Africa, Automotive, Ingrain, Equipment Eurasia, and Other segments. The company offers industrial equipment and services comprising of earthmoving equipment, industrial services, and power systems that enable various mining, construction, and power solutions. It also manufactures various products, which includes food, beverages, paper, pharmaceuticals, building material and adhesives, and others. In addition, the company offers starch, glucose, and other products; and salvage management and disposal services. It serves mining, construction, energy, and transportation sectors. The company was founded in 1902 and is based in Sandton, South Africa.

About Marubeni

Marubeni Corporation engages in various business activities. It manufactures, wholesales, and retails apparel, footwear, home furnishing and sport goods, industrial and textile materials, tire and rubber materials, and household and nursing care products; develops uranium, nuclear fuel cycle, iron ore, coking coal, copper mines, and related equipment and services; smelts and refines aluminum and magnesium; leases temporary steel construction materials; explores for, develops, and produces oil and gas; manages infrastructure funds; and develops and manages real estate. The company also offers insurance, technical, ICT, and logistic services; agri-inputs; fertilizer and crop protection product contracting services; crop protection product formulations; wood chips, biomass fuels, pulp and waste papers, paper, paperboards, sanitary, and building and construction materials; engineering, procurement, and construction services; and operation and maintenance services. It trades in fertilizers, dairy, agricultural, and marine products; sugar, processed food, beverages raw materials, and commercial use food materials; grains, oilseeds, feed ingredients, compound feeds, fresh and processed meat, petrochemicals, plastics, salts, chlor-alkalis, life science products, electronic materials, fertilizer materials, and inorganic mineral resources and chemicals; steelmaking raw materials, ferroalloys, nonferrous metals, and steel products; cement and ingots related materials; and petroleum and LPG. The company engages in infrastructure; water; automotive finance; power generation; power service and retail; natural gas; hydrogen; and fuel ammonia businesses. It owns, purchases, operates, leases, sells, and charters aerospace and ship products; leases refrigerated trailers, commercial vehicles, and freight cars; and sells, trades in, leases, finances, and services construction and industrial machinery, and mobility products. The company was founded in 1858 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.