Critical Contrast: BYD (BYDDY) vs. Its Peers

BYD (OTCMKTS:BYDDY) is one of 119 publicly-traded companies in the “Automobiles” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare BYD to similar businesses based on the strength of its profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for BYD and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BYD	0	3	0	0	2.00
BYD Competitors	2036	5030	6303	185	2.34

As a group, “Automobiles” companies have a potential upside of 75.84%. Given BYD’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BYD has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Risk & Volatility

BYD has a beta of 0.12, suggesting that its share price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BYD’s rivals have a beta of 0.95, suggesting that their average share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.0% of BYD shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.2% of shares of all “Automobiles” companies are held by institutional investors. 14.6% of shares of all “Automobiles” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

BYD pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. BYD pays out 6.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Automobiles” companies pay a dividend yield of 109.2% and pay out 7.2% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BYD	N/A	N/A	N/A
BYD Competitors	-1,371.58%	-126.21%	-10.44%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares BYD and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
BYD	$111.84 billion	$4.54 billion	18.03
BYD Competitors	$382.36 billion	$1.13 billion	5.04

BYD’s rivals have higher revenue, but lower earnings than BYD. BYD 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.

Summary

BYD rivals beat BYD on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

BYD Company Profile

BYD Company Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in automobiles and batteries business in the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and internationally. The company operates in two segments: Mobile Handset Components, Assembly Service and Other Products; and Automobiles and Related Products and Other Products. The Mobile Handset Components, Assembly Service and Other Products segment manufactures and sells mobile handset components, such as housings and electronic components; and offers assembly services. The Automobiles and Related Products and Other Products segment is involved in the manufacturing and sale of automobiles, and auto-related molds and components; rail transport and related business; and provision of automobile leasing and after sales services, automobile power batteries, lithium-ion batteries, photovoltaic, and iron battery products. The company develops urban rail transportation business. BYD Company Limited was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, China.