Comparing Matthews International (NASDAQ:MATW) & Casio Computer Co.,Ltd. (OTCMKTS:CSIOF)

Casio Computer Co.,Ltd. (OTCMKTS:CSIOF) and Matthews International (NASDAQ:MATW) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Casio Computer Co.,Ltd. and Matthews International, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Casio Computer Co.,Ltd.	0	0	0	0	0.00
Matthews International	2	0	0	0	1.00

Profitability

This table compares Casio Computer Co.,Ltd. and Matthews International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Casio Computer Co.,Ltd.	N/A	N/A	N/A
Matthews International	-2.65%	4.51%	1.45%

Dividends

Casio Computer Co.,Ltd. pays an annual dividend of $21.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 186.5%. Matthews International pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Casio Computer Co.,Ltd. pays out 28.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Matthews International pays out -109.7% 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. Matthews International has raised its dividend for 30 consecutive years.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

17.1% of Casio Computer Co.,Ltd. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.1% of Matthews International shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of Matthews International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Casio Computer Co.,Ltd. and Matthews International”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Casio Computer Co.,Ltd.	N/A	N/A	N/A	$77.38	0.15
Matthews International	$1.21 billion	0.60	-$24.47 million	($0.93)	-25.00

Casio Computer Co.,Ltd. has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Matthews International. Matthews International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Casio Computer Co.,Ltd., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Matthews International beats Casio Computer Co.,Ltd. on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Casio Computer Co.,Ltd.

Casio Computer Co.,Ltd. develops, produces, and sells consumer, system equipment, and other products. The company operates in Timepieces, Consumer, System Equipment, and Other segments. It offers timepieces, electronic dictionaries, calculators, label printers, electronic musical instruments, handheld terminals, cash registers, management support systems, data projectors, formed parts, and molds products. The company was incorporated in 1946 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

About Matthews International

Matthews International Corporation provides brand solutions, memorialization products, and industrial technologies worldwide. It operates through three segments: Memorialization, Industrial Technologies, and SGK Brand Solutions. The Memorialization segment provides bronze and granite memorials, upright granite memorials and monuments, concrete burial vaults, cremation memorialization products, granite benches, flower vases, crypt plates and letters, cremation urns, niche units, cemetery features, and statues, as well as bronze plaques, letters, emblems, vases, lights and photo ceramics, granite monuments, mausoleums, crypts, and flush memorials. The Industrial Technologies segment designs, manufactures, services, and distributes high-tech custom energy storage solutions, and product identification and warehouse automation technologies and solutions, including order fulfillment systems for identifying, tracking, picking, and conveying consumer and industrial products. This segment also provides engineered calendaring, laminating, and coating equipment; stand-alone marking products; laser and ink-jet printing systems; and spare parts, calendar, and coating-roller refurbishing and retrofits. The SGK Brand solutions segment provides brand management, pre-media services, printing plates and cylinders, imaging services, digital asset management, merchandising display systems, and marketing and design services for the consumer goods and retail industries. The company was founded in 1850 and is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.