Analyzing Casio Computer (OTCMKTS:CSIOY) and Mistras Group (NYSE:MG)

Casio Computer (OTCMKTS:CSIOY) and Mistras Group (NYSE:MG) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Casio Computer and Mistras Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Casio Computer	0	0	0	0	0.00
Mistras Group	0	2	0	0	2.00

Mistras Group has a consensus target price of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.97%. Given Mistras Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Mistras Group is more favorable than Casio Computer.

Volatility & Risk

Casio Computer has a beta of 0.2, indicating that its share price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mistras Group has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Casio Computer and Mistras Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Casio Computer	6.99%	6.34%	4.22%
Mistras Group	2.55%	13.10%	4.97%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

74.9% of Mistras Group shares are held by institutional investors. 12.3% of Mistras Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Casio Computer and Mistras Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Casio Computer	$1.72 billion	1.44	$53.22 million	$5.61	18.62
Mistras Group	$729.64 million	0.64	$18.96 million	$0.58	25.55

Casio Computer has higher revenue and earnings than Mistras Group. Casio Computer is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mistras Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Mistras Group beats Casio Computer on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Casio Computer

Casio Computer Co.,Ltd. develops, produces, and sells consumer, system equipment, and other products. The company operates in Timepieces, Consumer, System Equipment, and Other segments. It offers timepieces, electronic dictionaries, calculators, label printers, electronic musical instruments, handheld terminals, cash registers, management support systems, data projectors, formed parts, and molds products. The company was incorporated in 1946 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

About Mistras Group

Mistras Group, Inc. provides technology-enabled asset protection solutions in the United States, other Americas, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific. The company offers non-destructive testing services; inline inspection for pipelines; and plant condition management software. It also provides maintenance and light mechanical services, such as corrosion removal, mitigation and prevention, insulation installation and removal, electrical, heat tracing, industrial cleaning, pipefitting, and welding; engineering consulting services primarily for process equipment, technologies, and facilities; and utilizes scaffolding and rope access to access at-height and confined assets. In addition, the company offers certified divers for subsea inspection and maintenance; unmanned aerial, land-based, and subsea systems for inspection applications; online condition-monitoring solutions; quality assurance and quality control solutions for new and existing metal and alloy components, materials, and composites. Further, it builds monitoring systems, as well as provides inspection, maintenance, monitoring and data services; and Web-based solutions. Additionally, the company designs, manufactures, and sells acoustic emission sensors, instruments, and turnkey systems for monitoring and testing materials, pressure components, processes, and structures; and ultrasonic testing equipment. It serves oil and gas, aerospace and defense, fossil and nuclear power, power generation and transmission, civil infrastructure, manufacturing, industrial, public infrastructure, petrochemical, transportation, and other process industries, as well as infrastructure, research, and engineering industries. Mistras Group, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Princeton Junction, New Jersey.