Critical Survey: Fujifilm (FUJIY) versus Its Rivals

Fujifilm (OTCMKTS:FUJIY) is one of 221 public companies in the “Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Fujifilm to similar companies based on the strength of its valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and dividends.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.0% of Fujifilm shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.6% of shares of all “Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment” companies are held by institutional investors. 11.9% of shares of all “Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Fujifilm has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fujifilm’s peers have a beta of 2.74, meaning that their average stock price is 174% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for Fujifilm and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fujifilm	0	1	0	0	2.00
Fujifilm Competitors	3503	12354	25779	999	2.57

As a group, “Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment” companies have a potential upside of 54.27%. Given Fujifilm’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Fujifilm has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fujifilm	7.61%	6.91%	4.38%
Fujifilm Competitors	-1,280.35%	-126.32%	-3.97%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Fujifilm and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fujifilm	$22.30 billion	$1.83 billion	8.24
Fujifilm Competitors	$7.33 billion	$2.49 billion	8.71

Fujifilm has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its peers. Fujifilm is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Dividends

Fujifilm pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Fujifilm pays out 9.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.0% and pay out 28.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Fujifilm is clearly a better dividend stock than its peers, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Fujifilm peers beat Fujifilm on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

About Fujifilm

FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation develops, manufactures, sells, and services imaging, healthcare, materials, and business innovation solutions worldwide. The company's Healthcare segment provides products and services, such as medical devices, biomedical contract development and manufacturing organization, pharmaceutical, regenerative medicine, and cosmetics and supplements in the areas of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Its Materials segment offers inkjet digital presses and printing plates for printing industries, as well as industrial inkjet-related products and inkjet heads; storage media and archiving services to save and manage digital data volumes; and materials for industrials, including display and touch panel, semiconductor and image sensor, and functional film materials. The company's Business Innovation segment provides devices and services used in offices, including multi-function devices and printers; and provides problem-solving document services tailored to diverse business formats and roles, including system integration, cloud service, business process outsourcing, and others. Its Imaging segment offers color films, instant cameras, developing and printing systems, color papers, photo printing services, and others; and TV and cinema lenses, surveillance cameras, industrial lenses for production line inspection, and projectors. The company was incorporated in 1934 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.