Critical Survey: RoboGroup T.E.K. (OTCMKTS:ROBOF) vs. Fanuc (OTCMKTS:FANUY)

Fanuc (OTCMKTS:FANUY) and RoboGroup T.E.K. (OTCMKTS:ROBOF) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

Risk and Volatility

Fanuc has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RoboGroup T.E.K. has a beta of 420.29, meaning that its stock price is 41,929% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Fanuc and RoboGroup T.E.K.”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fanuc	$5.23 billion	4.83	$973.88 million	$0.53	24.28
RoboGroup T.E.K.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Fanuc has higher revenue and earnings than RoboGroup T.E.K..

Profitability

This table compares Fanuc and RoboGroup T.E.K.’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fanuc	18.55%	8.57%	7.66%
RoboGroup T.E.K.	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Fanuc and RoboGroup T.E.K., as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fanuc	0	0	0	1	4.00
RoboGroup T.E.K.	0	0	0	0	0.00

Insider and Institutional Ownership

1.5% of Fanuc shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Fanuc beats RoboGroup T.E.K. on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Fanuc

FANUC Corporation provides factory automation products in Japan, the Americas, Europe, China, the rest of Asia, and internationally. The company offers CNC series products, servo motors, lasers, robots, compact machining centers, electric injection molding machines, wire electrical discharge machines, and ultra-precision machines. It also provides FANUC intelligent edge link and drive system, an open platform for the manufacturing industry. FANUC Corporation was incorporated in 1950 and is headquartered in Yamanashi, Japan.

About RoboGroup T.E.K.

RoboGroup T.E.K. Ltd. engages in the robotics, motion control, and technology education business in Israel. The company develops, manufactures, and markets training products and e-learning systems, as well as engineering and manufacturing technology training systems; and designs and implements technology laboratories for the education system. It also develops, markets, and distributes Coderz platform products, an experiential, gaming-based digital platform for science and virtual robotics competitions through virtual robots, programming languages, challenging arenas, and curricula designed for learners of various levels and ages in the general science and technology education, and home education markets. In addition, the company markets and sells products from third parties; and offers upgrading and installing services. It offers its products under the Intelitek, Robotec, and CoderZ brands. The company was formerly known as Eshed Robotec (1982) Ltd. The company was incorporated in 1982 and is based in Rosh HaAyin, Israel.