Head to Head Contrast: Heineken (HKHHF) and The Competition

Dividends

Heineken pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Heineken pays out 32.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Beverages” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.1% and pay out 49.0% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Profitability

This table compares Heineken and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Heineken	N/A	N/A	N/A
Heineken Competitors	-9.25%	-39.52%	-0.98%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Heineken and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Heineken	N/A	N/A	32.68
Heineken Competitors	$12.53 billion	$874.57 million	11.24

Heineken’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Heineken. Heineken is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

18.0% of Heineken shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.7% of shares of all “Beverages” companies are owned by institutional investors. 19.0% of shares of all “Beverages” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Heineken beats its peers on 5 of the 9 factors compared.

Heineken Company Profile

Heineken Holding N.V., through its subsidiaries, engages in brewing and selling beer and cider in the Netherlands and internationally. The company’s portfolio consists of approximately 300 international, regional, local, and specialty beers and ciders. The company was founded in 1864 and is based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Heineken Holding N.V. is a subsidiary of L’Arche Green N.V.