Whirlpool (NYSE:WHR) & Breville Group (OTCMKTS:BVILF) Head to Head Analysis

Whirlpool (NYSE:WHR) and Breville Group (OTCMKTS:BVILF) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Whirlpool and Breville Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Whirlpool	4	6	1	0	1.73
Breville Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

Whirlpool presently has a consensus price target of $46.88, indicating a potential upside of 9.18%. Given Whirlpool’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Whirlpool is more favorable than Breville Group.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

90.8% of Whirlpool shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.9% of Breville Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Whirlpool shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Whirlpool pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Breville Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Whirlpool pays out 123.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Breville Group pays out 69.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Whirlpool and Breville Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Whirlpool	$14.92 billion	0.19	$318.00 million	$2.92	14.70
Breville Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	C$0.37	61.71

Whirlpool has higher revenue and earnings than Breville Group. Whirlpool is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Breville Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Whirlpool and Breville Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Whirlpool	1.17%	4.18%	0.82%
Breville Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Whirlpool beats Breville Group on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Whirlpool

Whirlpool Corporation manufactures and markets home appliances and related products and services in the North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and Asia. The company's principal products include refrigerators, freezers, ice makers, and refrigerator water filters; laundry appliances, and commercial laundry products and related laundry accessories; cooking and other small domestic appliances; and dishwasher appliances and related accessories, as well as mixers. It markets and distributes its products primarily under the Whirlpool, Maytag, KitchenAid, JennAir, Consul, Brastemp, Amana, Bauknecht, Hotpoint, Indesit, InSinkErator, Yummly, Affresh, Gladiator, Swash, everydrop, Ignis, Privileg, Eslabon de Lujo, and Acros brands. The company sells its products to retailers, distributors, dealers, builders, and other manufacturers, as well as directly to consumers. Whirlpool Corporation was founded in 1911 and is headquartered in Benton Harbor, Michigan.

About Breville Group

Breville Group Limited designs, develops, markets, and distributes small electrical kitchen appliances in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company was formerly known as Housewares International Limited and changed its name to Breville Group Limited in November 2008. Breville Group Limited was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in Alexandria, Australia.