Contrasting JE Cleantech (NASDAQ:JCSE) and Andritz (OTCMKTS:ADRZY)

JE Cleantech (NASDAQ:JCSE) and Andritz (OTCMKTS:ADRZY) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares JE Cleantech and Andritz”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
JE Cleantech	$15.78 million	0.47	$2.52 million	N/A	N/A
Andritz	$9.40 billion	0.99	$516.26 million	$1.10	16.33

Andritz has higher revenue and earnings than JE Cleantech.

Profitability

This table compares JE Cleantech and Andritz’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JE Cleantech	N/A	N/A	N/A
Andritz	5.81%	20.19%	5.68%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.0% of JE Cleantech shares are owned by institutional investors. 64.0% of JE Cleantech shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

JE Cleantech pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 31.2%. Andritz pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Andritz pays out 34.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for JE Cleantech and Andritz, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JE Cleantech	1	0	0	0	1.00
Andritz	0	1	1	0	2.50

Volatility & Risk

JE Cleantech has a beta of -0.35, suggesting that its share price is 135% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Andritz has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Andritz beats JE Cleantech on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About JE Cleantech

JE Cleantech Holdings Limited, an investment holding company, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells cleaning systems for various industrial end-use applications in Singapore, Malaysia, and internationally. It provides various cleaning systems and other equipment, including aqueous washing systems, plating and cleaning systems, train cleaning systems, and filtration units, as well as equipment parts and components. The company also offers centralized dishwashing services for food and beverage establishments, such as food courts, hawker centers, restaurants, cookhouses, eldercare homes, and inflight catering service provider, as well as general cleaning services for food courts and hawker centers. In addition, it leases dishware washing equipment. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Singapore. JE Cleantech Holdings Limited is a subsidiary of JE Cleantech Global Limited.

About Andritz

Andritz AG provides plants, equipment, and services for pulp and paper industry, metalworking and steel industries, hydropower stations, and solid/liquid separation in the municipal and industrial sectors in Europe, North America, South America, China, Asia, and internationally. It operates through four segments: Pulp & Paper, Metals, Hydro, and Separation. The Pulp & Paper segment supplies technology, automation, and service solutions to produce pulp, paper, board, and tissue; boilers for power generation; flue gas cleaning systems; nonwovens technologies; panelboard production systems; and recycling, shredding, and energy solutions for various waste materials. The Metals segment provides technologies, plants, and digital solutions, including automation and software solutions, and process know-how and services; and solutions for the production and processing of flat products for welding systems and industrial furnaces, as well as services for the metals processing industry. The Hydro segment supplies electromechanical equipment and services for hydropower plants; offers plant diagnosis, refurbishment, modernization, and upgradation of existing hydropower plants; and pumps for irrigation, water supply, and flood control, as well as turbo generators. The Separation segment offers mechanical and thermal technologies, as well as services and related automation solutions for solid/liquid separation to serve chemical, environmental, food, mining, and minerals industries; and technologies and services to produce animal feed and biomass pellets. The company was founded in 1852 and is headquartered in Graz, Austria.