Comparing Burberry Group (OTCMKTS:BURBY) and Hennes & Mauritz (OTCMKTS:HNNMY)

Burberry Group (OTCMKTS:BURBY) and Hennes & Mauritz (OTCMKTS:HNNMY) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Burberry Group and Hennes & Mauritz”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Burberry Group	$3.14 billion	1.87	-$95.68 million	N/A	N/A
Hennes & Mauritz	$23.01 billion	1.26	$1.23 billion	$0.16	25.75

Hennes & Mauritz has higher revenue and earnings than Burberry Group.

Profitability

This table compares Burberry Group and Hennes & Mauritz’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Burberry Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Hennes & Mauritz	5.46%	30.80%	7.35%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Burberry Group and Hennes & Mauritz, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Burberry Group	0	0	0	5	4.00
Hennes & Mauritz	1	5	0	1	2.14

Risk and Volatility

Burberry Group has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hennes & Mauritz has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

10.3% of Burberry Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Hennes & Mauritz shares are held 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.

Summary

Hennes & Mauritz beats Burberry Group on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Burberry Group

Burberry Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, retails, and wholesales luxury goods under the Burberry brand. The company operates in two segments, Retail/Wholesale and Licensing. It provides womenswear, menswear, childrenswear, beauty, eyewear, shoes, and accessories, as well as leather goods, such as bags. The company also licenses third parties to manufacture and distribute products using the Burberry trademarks. It sells its products through Burberry mainline stores, concessions, outlets, digital commerce, Burberry franchisees, department stores, and multi-brand specialty accounts, as well as through Burberry.com website. It operates in the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, India, Africa, and the Americas. The company was founded in 1856 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

About Hennes & Mauritz

H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (publ) provides clothing, accessories, footwear, cosmetics, home textiles, and homeware for women, men, and children worldwide. It offers sportswear, shoes, bags, beauty products, activewear, jeans, and ready-to-wear; and interior products, including bed linens, dinnerware, textiles, furniture, and lighting. The company provides its products under the H&M, H&M HOME, H&M Move, H&M Beauty, COS, Weekday, Monki, & Other Stories, ARKET, Afound, and Singular Society brand names. In addition, it operates Sellpy, a broad digital platform for second-hand fashion and other products; and Creator Studio, a global platform for merchandise design and production, as well as provides solutions to extend the useful life of unwanted garments through reuse and recycling under Looper Textile name. The company offers its products through online and physical stores. H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (publ) was incorporated in 1943 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.