Reviewing UBE (OTCMKTS:UBEOY) & Newbury Street Acquisition (NASDAQ:NBST)

Newbury Street Acquisition (NASDAQ:NBST) and UBE (OTCMKTS:UBEOY) are both small-cap unclassified companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

35.9% of Newbury Street Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. 72.0% of Newbury Street Acquisition shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Newbury Street Acquisition and UBE”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Newbury Street Acquisition	N/A	N/A	$100,000.00	N/A	N/A
UBE	$5.84 billion	0.28	$218.05 million	$1.10	7.11

UBE has higher revenue and earnings than Newbury Street Acquisition.

Profitability

This table compares Newbury Street Acquisition and UBE’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Newbury Street Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A
UBE	3.73%	7.60%	3.66%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for Newbury Street Acquisition and UBE, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Newbury Street Acquisition	0	0	0	0	N/A
UBE	0	0	0	0	N/A

Risk & Volatility

Newbury Street Acquisition has a beta of 0.03, suggesting that its share price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UBE has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

UBE beats Newbury Street Acquisition on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Newbury Street Acquisition

Newbury Street Acquisition Corporation does not have significant operations. The company intends to effect a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. It intends to focus on technology business in the consumer internet or media space, including sports and entertainment verticals. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

About UBE

Ube Industries, Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the chemicals, construction materials, and machinery businesses in Japan, Asia, Europe, and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Chemicals, Construction Materials, Machinery, and Others. It offers synthetic rubber, engineering plastics, caprolactam, industrial chemicals, liquefied gas, polyethylene, ammonium sulfate, polyimide, battery materials, separation membranes, fine chemicals, ceramics, high purity chemicals, semiconductor gas products, products for polyurethane resins, aerospace materials, inorganic fiber, and high temperature paints. The company also provides contract manufacturing services for APIs and intermediates; aromatic SF5 compounds; FLUOLEAD, a novel nucleophilic fluorinating agent; and drug discovery and pipeline services. In addition, it offers cement products, ready mixed concrete, soil stabilizing cement, building materials, limestone, calcia and magnesia, specialty inorganic materials, and resource recycling, as well as imports and sells coal. Further, the company is involved in the supply of electric power. Additionally, it provides die-casting and injection molding machines, and extrusion presses; and UBE vertical mills, kilins, furnaces, dryers, water screening equipment, storage and transportation systems, bridges and steel structures, and steel billets and casting. The company also manufactures and sells nylon, plastic films, polypropylene molded products, fibers, fiber-reinforced plastics, electronic and information materials, magnesia clinker, quicklime, slaked lime, and cast iron; and offers coastal shipping, port transportation, containers, collection and transport of industrial waste, trading, and engineering services. In addition, it engages in the purchase, sale, and leasing of real estate properties. Ube Industries, Ltd. was founded in 1897 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.