Brother Industries (OTCMKTS:BRTHY) versus MTN Group (OTCMKTS:MTNOY) Financial Survey

Dividends

MTN Group pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Brother Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Brother Industries pays out 69.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares MTN Group and Brother Industries”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MTN Group	$12.00 billion	0.74	$221.79 million	N/A	N/A
Brother Industries	$5.70 billion	0.81	$218.36 million	$1.59	22.63

MTN Group has higher revenue and earnings than Brother Industries.

Profitability

This table compares MTN Group and Brother Industries’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MTN Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Brother Industries	3.59%	4.51%	3.38%

Risk & Volatility

MTN Group has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brother Industries has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Brother Industries beats MTN Group on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About MTN Group

MTN Group Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides mobile telecommunications services in South Africa, Nigeria, East Africa, West and Central Africa, and the Middle East and North Africa. The company offers data, voice and SMS, digital and fintech, interconnect, and roaming services, as well as sells mobile devices. It also provides network as a service, including subsea cables that offers international connectivity services; terrestrial and metro fiber networks; data centers and cable landing stations; and FTTx, towers, and radio access networks. The company also offers digital financial services, such as access payments, e-commerce, insurance, and lending and remittance services; enterprise services comprising manage networks, unified and cloud communication, security as a service, and Internet of Things; and API products and services for telecommunications, health, government, financial services, entertainment, and other sectors. MTN Group Limited was incorporated in 1994 and is based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

About Brother Industries

Brother Industries, Ltd. manufactures and sells communications and printing equipment in Japan, the Americas, Europe, Asia, Oceania, the Middle East, Africa, and internationally. It operates through Printing & Solutions, Machinery, Domino, Nissei, Personal & Home, and Network & Contents segments. The Printing & Solutions segment offers inkjet printers; all-in-one black-and-white and color laser printers; scanners; and labeling systems, and label and mobile printers. The Machinery segment offers industrial sewing machines, machine tools, and garment printers. The Domino segment offers coding and marking equipment, and digital printing equipment. The Nissei segment provides gearmotors, high stiffness reducers, and gears. The Personal & Home segment provides sewing and cutting machines, sewing and embroidery machines, and commercial embroidery machines. The Network & Contents segment provides online karaoke systems and applications for smartphones/tablets, as well as content, nursing care, and video viewing services; and manages karaoke clubs. The company was formerly known as Nippon Sewing Machine Manufacturing Co. and changed its name to Brother Industries, Ltd. in 1962. Brother Industries, Ltd. was founded in 1908 and is headquartered in Nagoya, Japan.