Kubota (OTCMKTS:KUBTY – Get Free Report) is one of 435 public companies in the “Machinery” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Kubota to similar companies based on the strength of its valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
Dividends
Kubota pays an annual dividend of $1.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Kubota pays out 15.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Machinery” companies pay a dividend yield of 2.4% and pay out 27.3% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.
Risk and Volatility
Kubota has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kubota’s rivals have a beta of 4.52, suggesting that their average stock price is 352% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
Profitability
This table compares Kubota and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Kubota | 8.18% | 9.17% | 4.26% |
| Kubota Competitors | -1,947.44% | -10.15% | 0.87% |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Kubota and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Kubota | $20.19 billion | $1.25 billion | 11.52 |
| Kubota Competitors | $4.52 billion | $347.98 million | -12.94 |
Kubota has higher revenue and earnings than its rivals. Kubota is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Kubota and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Kubota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.00 |
| Kubota Competitors | 4073 | 14463 | 17877 | 777 | 2.41 |
As a group, “Machinery” companies have a potential upside of 28.31%. Given Kubota’s rivals higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kubota has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.
Summary
Kubota beats its rivals on 9 of the 15 factors compared.
About Kubota
Kubota Corporation manufactures and sells agricultural and construction machinery in Japan, North America, Europe, Asia, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Farm & Machinery, Water & Environment, and Others. The Farm & Machinery segment offers tractors, power tillers, combine harvesters, rice transplanters, turf equipment, utility vehicles, other agricultural machinery, implements, attachments, post-harvest machinery, vegetable production equipment, intermediate management machine, and other equipment; cooperative drying, rice seedling, and gardening facilities; scales, weighing and measuring control systems, and air purifier; engines for farm equipment, construction machinery, industrial machinery, and generators; and mini excavators, wheel and skid steer loaders, compact track loaders, and other construction machinery related products. Its Water & Environment segment provides ductile iron pipes, synthetic pipes, valves, and single stack drain fittings, as well as design and construction services; reformer and cracking tubes, hearth rolls, TXAX materials, and spiral steel pipes; air-conditioning equipment; wastewater treatment equipment and plants, pumps and pump plants, membrane solutions, wastewater purification plants, night-soil treatment plants, waste incinerating and meltingplants, waste shredding and sorting plants, flue gas desulfurization apparatus, membrane methane fermentation plants, wastewater treatment plant, and valves. The Others segment offers logistics services; and roofing and exterior wall materials. It also engages in the underwriting of non-life insurance, retail financing, finance leasing, maintenance, security guarding, and facility management services; and import and export of components for farm equipment, engines, and construction machinery. It serves customers through a network of dealers. Kubota Corporation was founded in 1890 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.
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