American Battery Technology (NASDAQ:ABAT – Get Free Report) and SMC (OTCMKTS:SMCAY – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk and profitability.
Volatility and Risk
American Battery Technology has a beta of -1.34, indicating that its stock price is 234% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SMC has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares American Battery Technology and SMC”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| American Battery Technology | $4.29 million | 116.05 | -$46.76 million | ($0.40) | -9.45 |
| SMC | $5.20 billion | 5.67 | $1.03 billion | $0.84 | 27.48 |
SMC has higher revenue and earnings than American Battery Technology. American Battery Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SMC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares American Battery Technology and SMC’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| American Battery Technology | -436.31% | -46.98% | -42.78% |
| SMC | 19.72% | 7.87% | 7.16% |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
9.9% of American Battery Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.0% of SMC shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of American Battery Technology shares 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.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current recommendations for American Battery Technology and SMC, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| American Battery Technology | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| SMC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Summary
SMC beats American Battery Technology on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About American Battery Technology
American Battery Technology Company operates as a battery materials company. The company explores for resources of battery metals, such as such as lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese; and develops and commercializes technologies for the extraction of battery metals, as well as commercializes integrated process for the recycling of lithium-ion batteries. The company was formerly known as American Battery Metals Corporation. American Battery Technology Company was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Reno, Nevada.
About SMC
SMC Corporation manufactures, processes, and sells automatic control equipment, sintered filters, and various types of filtration equipment worldwide. The company offers air management system, directional control valves, air cylinders, rotatory actuators/air grippers, electric actuators/cylinders, fitting and tubing, and modular F.R.L./pressure control equipment, as well as vacuum, air preparation, and lubrication equipment. It also provides flow control equipment, speed controllers, silencers/exhaust/blow guns/pressure gauges, switches/sensors/controllers, static neutralization equipment, and industrial device communication equipment/wireless system. In addition, the company offers process valves, chemical liquid valves/fittings and needle valves/tubing, process pumps, temperature control equipment, and process gas equipment, as well as high vacuum equipment, industrial filters/sintered metal elements, and pneumatic instrumentation and hydraulic equipment. The company was formerly known as Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Co., Ltd. and changed its name to SMC Corporation in April 1986. SMC Corporation was incorporated in 1959 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
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