Omron (OMRNY) and Its Peers Head to Head Review

Omron (OTCMKTS:OMRNY) is one of 377 public companies in the “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Omron to related companies based on the strength of its dividends, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Dividends

Omron pays an annual dividend of $0.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Omron pays out 44.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies pay a dividend yield of 2.0% and pay out 69.9% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

1.1% of Omron shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.3% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are held by institutional investors. 16.4% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Omron and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Omron	0	2	0	0	2.00
Omron Competitors	2049	7610	10441	662	2.47

As a group, “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies have a potential upside of 41.66%. Given Omron’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Omron has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Volatility & Risk

Omron has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Omron’s competitors have a beta of -0.30, indicating that their average share price is 130% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Omron	4.04%	3.68%	2.42%
Omron Competitors	-160.23%	-30.21%	-6.88%

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Omron	$5.10 billion	$188.01 million	28.32
Omron Competitors	$115.49 billion	$173.80 million	2.61

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

Summary

Omron competitors beat Omron on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

About Omron

OMRON Corporation engages in industrial automation, device and module solutions, social systems, and healthcare businesses worldwide. The Industrial Automation Business offers sensors, switches, safety and control components, relays, motion and drives, robotics, energy conservation, power supplies, and automation system products. It also offers environmental mobility, digital devices, food and commodity, logistic and warehouse automation, medical, robotic, panel, vision, software, and traceability related solutions. The Social Systems, Solutions and Service Business provides energy, public transport, traffic safety, network protection, payment, infrastructure monitoring, management service, and DX solutions, as well as offers remote surveillance/monitoring, automation/robotics, software development, engineering/maintenance, and other services. The Healthcare Business provides cardiovascular, respiratory care, pain management, remote patient monitoring, and other solutions. The Device and Module Solutions Business offers relays, switches, connectors, and sensors. OMRON Corporation was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.