Tronox (NYSE:TROX) versus Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group (OTCMKTS:KWBT) Financial Analysis

Tronox (NYSE:TROX) and Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group (OTCMKTS:KWBT) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Tronox and Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tronox	3	5	4	0	2.08
Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

Tronox presently has a consensus target price of $6.45, indicating a potential downside of 27.14%. Given Tronox’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Tronox is more favorable than Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group.

Profitability

This table compares Tronox and Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tronox	-15.82%	-19.13%	-4.83%
Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Tronox and Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tronox	$2.90 billion	0.48	-$470.00 million	($2.92)	-3.03
Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tronox.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

73.4% of Tronox shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Tronox shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Tronox beats Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Tronox

Tronox Holdings plc operates as a vertically integrated manufacturer of TiO2 pigment in North America, South and Central America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company operates titanium-bearing mineral sand mines; and engages in beneficiation and smelting operations. It offers TiO2 pigment; ultrafine specialty TiO2; zircon; feedstock; pig iron; monazite; titanium tetrachloride; and other products. The company’s products are used for the manufacture of paints, coatings, plastics, and paper, as well as various other applications. Tronox Holdings plc is based in Stamford, Connecticut.

About Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group

Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, markets, and distributes bio-technological products for the agricultural market primarily in the People's Republic of China. It offers bacillus species and/or photosynthetic bacteria based biological organic, compound microbial, bio-water soluble, and microbial inoculum fertilizers. The company has a strategic cooperation agreements with the Beijing Zhongpin Agricultural Science and Technology Development Center; China Academy of Agricultural Science's Institute of Agricultural Resources & Regional Planning; and Institute of Agricultural Economy & Development, as well as Kiwa Bio-Tech (Yangling) Co. Ltd. Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group Corporation was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Yangling, China.