Analyzing Winland (WELX) and Its Competitors

Winland (OTCMKTS:WELX) is one of 26 publicly-traded companies in the “Process control instruments” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Winland to similar companies based on the strength of its dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation and risk.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

62.0% of shares of all “Process control instruments” companies are held by institutional investors. 8.1% of Winland shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.4% of shares of all “Process control instruments” companies are held by company 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.

Risk and Volatility

Winland has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Winland’s peers have a beta of 0.70, meaning that their average stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Winland	73.88%	N/A	N/A
Winland Competitors	-61.22%	-21.71%	-6.55%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Winland and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Winland	0	0	0	0	N/A
Winland Competitors	238	1019	1698	28	2.51

As a group, “Process control instruments” companies have a potential upside of 17.16%. Given Winland’s peers higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Winland has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Winland and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Winland	$4.79 million	$2.01 million	5.80
Winland Competitors	$2.78 billion	$358.08 million	111.71

Winland’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Winland. Winland 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.

Summary

Winland peers beat Winland on 6 of the 10 factors compared.

Winland Company Profile

Winland Holdings Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides critical condition monitoring devices to the security industry. Its products are used to protect against loss of assets due to damage from water, excess humidity, extremes of temperature, and loss of power. The company offers EnviroAlert, which monitors temperature, humidity, and/or water presence in critical environments; TempAlert, a temperature monitoring device for residential and commercial environments through security systems; WaterBug, a water presence and leak detection system; and Power-Out Alert, a power outage detector. It also provides INSIGHT, an automated cloud-based platform that offers early alerting, reporting, and logging services designed to ensure regulatory compliance. The company offers its products through a network of distributors, dealers, security installers, and integrators for industries including health and medical, grocery and food services, and commercial and industrial, as well as agriculture and residential. Winland Holdings Corporation was incorporated in 1972 and is headquartered in Mankato, Minnesota.