Contrasting Kuehne + Nagel International (OTCMKTS:KHNGY) & Nomura Research Institute (OTCMKTS:NRILY)

Kuehne + Nagel International (OTCMKTS:KHNGY) and Nomura Research Institute (OTCMKTS:NRILY) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Kuehne + Nagel International and Nomura Research Institute, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kuehne + Nagel International	1	2	0	0	1.67
Nomura Research Institute	0	0	0	0	0.00

Profitability

This table compares Kuehne + Nagel International and Nomura Research Institute’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kuehne + Nagel International	4.83%	37.72%	10.11%
Nomura Research Institute	11.66%	21.89%	9.54%

Dividends

Kuehne + Nagel International pays an annual dividend of $1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Nomura Research Institute pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Kuehne + Nagel International pays out 51.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nomura Research Institute pays out 25.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Kuehne + Nagel International and Nomura Research Institute”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kuehne + Nagel International	$26.55 billion	1.01	$1.59 billion	$2.19	20.29
Nomura Research Institute	$5.10 billion	3.36	$549.54 million	$1.02	28.90

Kuehne + Nagel International has higher revenue and earnings than Nomura Research Institute. Kuehne + Nagel International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nomura Research Institute, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility & Risk

Kuehne + Nagel International has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nomura Research Institute has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Kuehne + Nagel International beats Nomura Research Institute on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Kuehne + Nagel International

Kuehne + Nagel International AG, together with its subsidiaries, provides integrated logistics services worldwide. The company operates through four segments: Sea Logistics, Air Logistics, Road Logistics, and Contract Logistics. It offers less-than-container load, reefer and project logistics, and flexible container shipping solutions. The company also provides time-critical solutions, sea-air and time-defined products, airside and air charter services, cargo insurance, and customs clearance services. In addition, it offers spare parts logistics, production, and e-commerce logistics, distribution, packaging, and process solutions. Further, the company provides supply chain consulting and order management services. It serves aerospace, automotive, mobility, consumer, healthcare, high-tech and semicon, industrial, and perishables industries. The company was founded in 1890 and is based in Schindellegi, Switzerland. Kuehne + Nagel International AG is a subsidiary of Kuehne Holding AG.

About Nomura Research Institute

Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. provides consulting, financial information technology (IT) solution, industrial IT solution, and IT platform services in Japan and internationally. Its Consulting segment offers management, operational, and system consulting services for enterprises and government agencies. This segment also offers research, future projections, and recommendations to society, economics, business, technology, etc. The company's Financial IT Solutions segment provides system consulting, development, and management solutions, as well as shared online and BPO services for the financial institutions, including the securities, insurance, banking, asset management, and other financial sectors. Its Industrial IT Solutions segment offers system consulting, development, and management solutions, as well as shared online services primarily for the distribution, manufacturing, service, and public sectors. The company's IT Platform Services segment engages in the data center operation activities and construction of IT platforms and networks to the Financial IT and Industrial IT Solutions segments, as well as provides IT platform solutions and information security services to external clients. This segment is also involved in the research related to advance IT, etc. The company was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.