Financial Contrast: Yamaha Motor (YAMHF) and Its Competitors

Yamaha Motor (OTCMKTS:YAMHF) is one of 168 public companies in the “Diversified Consumer Services” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Yamaha Motor to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

48.7% of shares of all “Diversified Consumer Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 19.5% of shares of all “Diversified Consumer Services” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

Yamaha Motor has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yamaha Motor’s peers have a beta of 0.47, indicating that their average share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Yamaha Motor and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Yamaha Motor	0	1	0	0	2.00
Yamaha Motor Competitors	1365	3351	5235	186	2.42

As a group, “Diversified Consumer Services” companies have a potential upside of 55.93%. Given Yamaha Motor’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Yamaha Motor has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Yamaha Motor	$17.22 billion	$1.17 billion	5.66
Yamaha Motor Competitors	$3.22 billion	$217.14 million	15.56

Yamaha Motor has higher revenue and earnings than its peers. Yamaha Motor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Yamaha Motor and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Yamaha Motor	N/A	N/A	N/A
Yamaha Motor Competitors	-1.99%	-38.79%	2.98%

Summary

Yamaha Motor peers beat Yamaha Motor on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

Yamaha Motor Company Profile

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the land mobility, marine products, robotics, and financial services businesses in Japan, North America, Europe, Asia, and internationally. Its Land Mobility segment offers motorcycles, leaning multi-wheelers, all-terrain vehicles, recreational off highway vehicles, snowmobiles, electrically power-assisted bicycles, electric wheelchairs, automobile engines, and automobile components, as well as intermediate parts for products, and knockdown parts. The company's Marine Products segment provides outboard motors, personal watercraft, boats, FRP pools, fishing boats, and utility boats. Its Robotics segment offers surface mounters, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, industrial robots, and industrial-use unmanned helicopters. The company's Financial Services segment provides sales finance and lease related to the company's products. Its Others segment offers golf cars, generators, multi-purpose engines, and snow blowers. Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. was incorporated in 1918 and is headquartered in Iwata, Japan.