Head to Head Survey: Tokyo Electron (TOELY) & Its Rivals

Tokyo Electron (OTC:TOELY) is one of 174 publicly-traded companies in the “Semiconductors & related devices” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Tokyo Electron to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Tokyo Electron and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tokyo Electron	0	0	0	1	4.00
Tokyo Electron Competitors	2509	10054	19690	702	2.56

As a group, “Semiconductors & related devices” companies have a potential upside of 530.14%. Given Tokyo Electron’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Tokyo Electron has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Tokyo Electron and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tokyo Electron	22.63%	28.75%	20.52%
Tokyo Electron Competitors	-484.18%	-93.76%	-12.50%

Dividends

Tokyo Electron pays an annual dividend of $1.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Tokyo Electron pays out 33.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Semiconductors & related devices” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.4% and pay out 44.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Tokyo Electron is clearly a better dividend stock than its rivals, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Tokyo Electron and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tokyo Electron	$12.33 billion	$2.51 billion	22.44
Tokyo Electron Competitors	$5.62 billion	$592.21 million	16.75

Tokyo Electron has higher revenue and earnings than its rivals. Tokyo Electron is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

1.3% of Tokyo Electron shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.8% of shares of all “Semiconductors & related devices” companies are held by institutional investors. 9.9% of shares of all “Semiconductors & related devices” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Tokyo Electron has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tokyo Electron’s rivals have a beta of 1.49, meaning that their average stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Tokyo Electron beats its rivals on 11 of the 15 factors compared.

About Tokyo Electron

Tokyo Electron Limited, together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and sells semiconductor and flat panel display (FPD) production equipment in Japan, Europe, North America, Taiwan, China, South Korea, Southeast Asia, and internationally. The company offers coaters/developers, etch systems, surface preparation systems, deposition systems, test systems, wafer bonders/debonders, wafer edge trimming, SiC epitaxial CVD systems, gas cluster ion beam system, and cleaning systems. It also provides plasma etch/ash systems for use in the manufacture of FPDs, as well as inkjet printing systems for manufacturing OLED displays. In addition, the company offers delivery, facility management, and non-life insurance services; sells semiconductor products, board computer products, software, and other electronic components; sells and supports network/storage/middleware related solutions; and develops, manufactures, and sells magnetic annealing systems. Tokyo Electron Limited was incorporated in 1951 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.