Comparing Halma (OTCMKTS:HLMAF) & Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (OTCMKTS:NPNYY)

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (OTCMKTS:NPNYY) and Halma (OTCMKTS:HLMAF) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha and Halma, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha	0	0	0	0	0.00
Halma	0	0	0	1	4.00

Risk & Volatility

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Halma has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Halma pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha pays out 12.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Profitability

This table compares Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha and Halma’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha	14.99%	12.55%	8.11%
Halma	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha and Halma”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha	$16.54 billion	0.88	$1.51 billion	$1.09	5.79
Halma	$2.56 billion	4.93	$337.88 million	N/A	N/A

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha has higher revenue and earnings than Halma.

Summary

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha beats Halma on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha provides various logistics services worldwide. It operates through Liner & Logistics Business, Bulk Shipping Business, and Other Business segments. The company offers liner trading services, such as container shipping, and terminal and stevedoring services for containerships, car carriers, and cruise ships; and air cargo transportation services. It also provides bulk shipping services comprising transport services for finished automobiles, heavy construction machines, and used cars; transportation services for bulk freight, including iron ore, coal, and wood chips; and transportation services for crude oil, petroleum products, chemicals, liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied natural gas, and coal. In addition, the company is involved in the upstream areas of the supply chain for oil and natural gas. Further, it operates Asuka II, a luxury cruise ship; and manages commercial and residential buildings. Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha was incorporated in 1885 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

About Halma

Halma plc, together its subsidiaries, provides technology solutions in the safety, health, and environmental markets in the United States, Mainland Europe, the United Kingdom, the Asia Pacific, Africa, the Middle East, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Safety, Environmental & Analysis, and Medical. The Safety segment provides fire safety, fire detection and fire suppression; safe movement in public, commercial, and industrial spaces; elevator safety; communications in emergencies; control of access in potentially hazardous industrial and commercial environments; electrical safety; and the safe management of pipelines and storage assets solutions. This segment serves shops and restaurants, healthcare facilities, and offices and stadiums; industrial and logistics assets; public spaces and critical infrastructure; and aerospace, and rail and automotive markets. The Environmental & Analysis segment offers optical, optoelectronic, and spectral imaging systems; environmental monitoring, water and waste water analysis and treatment, gas analysis and detection, and optical analysis systems. It serves the optical analysis, water analysis and treatment, gas detection, and environmental monitoring markets. The Medical segment provides critical fluidic components used by medical diagnostics and original equipment manufacturers; components, devices and systems that provide information and analytics to understand patient health and enable providers to make decisions across the continuum of care; technologies and solutions to enable in-vitro diagnostic systems and life-science discoveries and development; and technologies that enable treatment across clinical specialties. This segment serves the life sciences, health assessment and analytics, and therapeutic solutions market. The company was incorporated in 1894 and is headquartered in Amersham, the United Kingdom.