Critical Contrast: Konecranes (KNCRF) vs. The Competition

Insider and Institutional Ownership

34.9% of Konecranes shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.6% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are owned by institutional investors. 13.9% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Konecranes and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Konecranes	N/A	N/A	26.93
Konecranes Competitors	$4.53 billion	$345.61 million	-1.61

Konecranes’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Konecranes. Konecranes 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.

Dividends

Konecranes pays an annual dividend of $1.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Konecranes pays out 91.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Machinery” companies pay a dividend yield of 2.4% and pay out 27.2% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Konecranes	N/A	N/A	N/A
Konecranes Competitors	-1,938.34%	-13.37%	0.74%

Summary

Konecranes competitors beat Konecranes on 5 of the 9 factors compared.

Konecranes Company Profile

Konecranes Plc manufactures, sells, and services material handling solutions. It operates through three segments: Service, Industrial Equipment, and Port Solutions. The company offers workstation lifting system, overhead cranes, hazardous environment cranes and hoists, warehouse automation, and core of lifting, such as gears, motors, and controls; and provides crane advisory services. It also provides crane inspection and preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance and remote monitoring, corrective maintenance and retrofits, consultation services, modernization services; and parts, such as hook latch triggers and rope guide. In addition, the company offers container handling equipment, mobile harbor cranes, lift trucks, shipyard and bulk handling equipment, and spare parts; and provides operational software and services, port services. It serves automotive, container handling, general manufacturing, intermodal, metal production, mining, nuclear, paper and forest, petroleum and gas, power, shipyards, and waste to energy and biomass sectors. Konecranes Plc was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in Hyvinkää, Finland.