Genus (OTCMKTS:GENSF – Get Free Report) and Matthews International (NASDAQ:MATW – Get Free Report) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
29.7% of Genus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.1% of Matthews International shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of Matthews International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Genus and Matthews International, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Genus | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.50 |
| Matthews International | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.33 |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Genus and Matthews International”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Genus | N/A | N/A | N/A | $0.48 | 65.26 |
| Matthews International | $1.11 billion | 0.60 | -$24.47 million | ($0.93) | -22.87 |
Genus has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Matthews International. Matthews International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Genus and Matthews International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Genus | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Matthews International | -2.65% | 4.51% | 1.45% |
Dividends
Genus pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Matthews International pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Genus pays out 34.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Matthews International pays out -109.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Matthews International has increased its dividend for 30 consecutive years. Matthews International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Matthews International beats Genus on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Genus
Genus plc operates as an animal genetics company in North America, Latin America, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the Middle East, Russia, Africa, and Asia. The company operates through three segments: Genus PIC, Genus ABS, and Genus Research and Development. It sells breeding pigs and semen to breed pigs with various characteristics for pork production under the PIC brand. The company also sells bull semen and embryos to breed calves with various characteristics for milk and beef production under the ABS, Genus, and Bovec brands. In addition, it offers technical services to farmers. The company was incorporated in 1994 and is based in Basingstoke, the United Kingdom.
About Matthews International
Matthews International Corporation provides brand solutions, memorialization products, and industrial technologies worldwide. It operates through three segments: Memorialization, Industrial Technologies, and SGK Brand Solutions. The Memorialization segment provides bronze and granite memorials, upright granite memorials and monuments, concrete burial vaults, cremation memorialization products, granite benches, flower vases, crypt plates and letters, cremation urns, niche units, cemetery features, and statues, as well as bronze plaques, letters, emblems, vases, lights and photo ceramics, granite monuments, mausoleums, crypts, and flush memorials. The Industrial Technologies segment designs, manufactures, services, and distributes high-tech custom energy storage solutions, and product identification and warehouse automation technologies and solutions, including order fulfillment systems for identifying, tracking, picking, and conveying consumer and industrial products. This segment also provides engineered calendaring, laminating, and coating equipment; stand-alone marking products; laser and ink-jet printing systems; and spare parts, calendar, and coating-roller refurbishing and retrofits. The SGK Brand solutions segment provides brand management, pre-media services, printing plates and cylinders, imaging services, digital asset management, merchandising display systems, and marketing and design services for the consumer goods and retail industries. The company was founded in 1850 and is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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