Financial Survey: Oriental Land (OLCLY) & The Competition

Oriental Land (OTCMKTS:OLCLY) is one of 35 publicly-traded companies in the “HOTELS & MOTELS” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Oriental Land to similar businesses based on the strength of its earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Profitability

This table compares Oriental Land and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Oriental Land	18.26%	12.90%	8.91%
Oriental Land Competitors	-12.17%	-49.20%	1.64%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Oriental Land and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Oriental Land	0	1	0	0	2.00
Oriental Land Competitors	269	1597	1599	50	2.41

As a group, “HOTELS & MOTELS” companies have a potential upside of 8.15%. Given Oriental Land’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Oriental Land has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

71.1% of shares of all “HOTELS & MOTELS” companies are held by institutional investors. 26.8% of shares of all “HOTELS & MOTELS” 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.

Dividends

Oriental Land pays an annual dividend of $0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Oriental Land pays out 6.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “HOTELS & MOTELS” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.3% and pay out 30.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Oriental Land and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Oriental Land	$4.46 billion	$815.34 million	43.66
Oriental Land Competitors	$3.31 billion	$347.37 million	23.45

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

Volatility and Risk

Oriental Land has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oriental Land’s peers have a beta of 1.00, meaning that their average share price is 0% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Oriental Land peers beat Oriental Land on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

About Oriental Land

Oriental Land Co., Ltd. operates and manages theme parks and hotels in Japan. It operates through Theme Park, Hotel Business, and Other Business segments. The Theme Park segment operates and manages Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea theme parks. The Hotel Business segment operates and manages Tokyo Disneyland Hotel, Tokyo DisneySea Hotel MiraCosta, Disney Ambassador Hotel, and Tokyo Disney Celebration Hotel, as well as Tokyo Disney Resort Toy Story Hotel. The Other Business segment operates and manages Ikspiari, a shopping complex that includes shops and restaurants, and a cinema complex; and Disney Resort Line, a monorail connecting four stations within Tokyo Disney Resort. It is also involved in the land development. Oriental Land Co., Ltd. was incorporated in 1960 and is based in Urayasu, Japan.