Critical Analysis: ThyssenKrupp (TYEKF) and The Competition

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares ThyssenKrupp and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
ThyssenKrupp	$38.01 billion	-$1.63 billion	-6.89
ThyssenKrupp Competitors	$2,932.19 billion	$280.11 million	21.27

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

Profitability

This table compares ThyssenKrupp and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ThyssenKrupp	-2.98%	-9.52%	-3.46%
ThyssenKrupp Competitors	2.01%	0.96%	1.37%

Risk & Volatility

ThyssenKrupp has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ThyssenKrupp’s competitors have a beta of 1.25, indicating that their average stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

54.8% of shares of all “STEEL – PRODUCERS” companies are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of shares of all “STEEL – PRODUCERS” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

ThyssenKrupp competitors beat ThyssenKrupp on 9 of the 9 factors compared.

ThyssenKrupp Company Profile

thyssenkrupp AG operates as an industrial and technology company in Germany and internationally. It operates through five segments: Automotive Technology, Decarbon Technologies, Materials Services, Steel Europe, and Marine Systems. The Automotive Technology segment offers components, systems, and automation solutions for vehicle manufacturing, such as axle assembly, body in white, camshafts and electric engine components, dampers, dies, springs and stabilizers, crankshafts and conrods, steering, and undercarriages. The Decarbon Technologies segment provides slewing bearings and rings, green ammonia and methanol, chemical and cement plants, high pressure processing, and refinery services, as well as green hydrogen. The Marine System segment manufactures submarines, naval services, and naval surface vessels. The Material Services segment offers 3D-printing/additive manufacturing, alloys, infrastructure project and services, industrial minerals, logistics services, metals, nonferrous metals, plastics, rolled steel, special ores, and stainless steel. The Steel Europe segment manufactures composite materials, electrical steel, hot strips, organic coated strips and sheet, packaging steel, precision steel strip, and sheet and coated products. thyssenkrupp AG was founded in 1811 and is headquartered in Essen, Germany.