Seiko Epson (OTCMKTS:SEKEY) and Glencore (OTCMKTS:GLNCY) Critical Contrast

Seiko Epson (OTCMKTS:SEKEY) and Glencore (OTCMKTS:GLNCY) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.1% of Glencore shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Seiko Epson and Glencore”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Seiko Epson	$8.68 billion	0.78	$347.68 million	$0.49	18.00
Glencore	$217.83 billion	0.27	$4.28 billion	N/A	N/A

Glencore has higher revenue and earnings than Seiko Epson.

Profitability

This table compares Seiko Epson and Glencore’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Seiko Epson	3.54%	5.62%	3.22%
Glencore	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Seiko Epson and Glencore, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Seiko Epson	0	0	0	0	0.00
Glencore	0	0	0	4	4.00

Dividends

Seiko Epson pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Glencore pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Seiko Epson pays out 32.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Risk and Volatility

Seiko Epson has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Glencore has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Glencore beats Seiko Epson on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Seiko Epson

Seiko Epson Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, sells, and provides services for products in the printing solutions, visual communications, manufacturing-related and wearables, and other businesses. It operates through three segments: Printing Solutions, Visual Communications, and Manufacturing-related and Wearables segments. The Printing Solutions segment offers home and office inkjet printers, serial impact dot matrix printers, page printers, color image scanners, dry process office papermaking systems, commercial and industrial inkjet printers, inkjet printheads, printers for use in POS systems, label printers, printer consumables, and others. The Visual Communications segment provides 3LCD projectors for business, education, the home, and event; smart glasses; and others. The Manufacturing-related and Wearables segment offers wristwatches, watch movements, and others; factory automation products, industrial robots, compact injection molders, and other production systems; and crystal units, crystal oscillators, quartz sensors, and others for consumer, automotive, and industrial equipment applications. This segment also provides CMOS LSIs and other chips primarily for consumer electronics and automotive applications; and metal powders for use as raw materials in the production of electronic components, etc., as well as value-added surface finishing in a range of industrial fields. The company also sells PCs, etc. It has operations in Japan, the Philippines, the United States, Indonesia, China, and internationally. Seiko Epson Corporation was incorporated in 1942 and is headquartered in Suwa, Japan.

About Glencore

Glencore plc engages in the production, refinement, processing, storage, transport, and marketing of metals and minerals, and energy products in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Oceania. It operates through two segments: Marketing Activities and Industrial Activities. The company engages in production and marketing copper, cobalt, lead, nickel, zinc, chrome ore, ferrochrome, vanadium, aluminum, alumina, and iron ore; and coal, crude oil, refined products, and natural gas, as well as oil exploration/production and refining/distribution. It also operates marketing and distribution of physical commodities sourced from third party producers and company’s production to industrial consumers, including the battery, electronic, construction, automotive, steel, energy, and oil industries. In addition, the company provides financing, logistics, and other services to producers and consumers of commodities. Glencore plc was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Baar, Switzerland.