Bolt Projects (NASDAQ:BSLK – Get Free Report) and Toray Industries (OTCMKTS:TRYIY – Get Free Report) are both materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Bolt Projects and Toray Industries, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Bolt Projects | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Toray Industries | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 |
Profitability
This table compares Bolt Projects and Toray Industries’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Bolt Projects | -774.20% | N/A | -249.44% |
| Toray Industries | 3.48% | 4.82% | 2.63% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Bolt Projects and Toray Industries”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Bolt Projects | $3.14 million | 0.00 | -$65.39 million | ($11.70) | -0.00 |
| Toray Industries | $17.17 billion | 0.72 | $524.84 million | $0.82 | 19.99 |
Toray Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Bolt Projects. Bolt Projects is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Toray Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk & Volatility
Bolt Projects has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Toray Industries has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Toray Industries beats Bolt Projects on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Bolt Projects
Bolt Projects Holdings, Inc. operates as a material solutions company. The company offers B-SILK PROTEIN, a biodegradable ingredient for the beauty and personal care industry. Its products also include MYLO, a mycelium-based leather material; and MICROSILK, a silk fiber. The company is based in San Francisco, California.
About Toray Industries
Toray Industries, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, processes, and sells fibers and textiles, performance chemicals, carbon fiber composite materials, environment and engineering products, and life science products in Japan, China, North America, Europe, and internationally. The company offers filament yarns, staple fibers, and spun yarns, as well as woven and knitted fabrics of nylon, polyester, acrylics, and others; non-woven fabrics; ultra-fine fibers; and apparel products. It also provides nylon, ABS, PBT, PPS, and other resins and molded products; polyolefin foam products; polyester, polyethylene, polypropylene, and other films; processed film products; raw materials for synthetic fibers and other plastics; fine chemicals; electronic and information materials; and graphic materials. In addition, the company offers carbon fibers, carbon fiber composite materials, and molded products; analysis, physical evaluation, research, and other services; and pharmaceuticals, medical devices, etc. Further, it provides engineering services; condominiums; industrial equipment and machinery; IT-related equipment; water treatment membranes and related equipment; and materials for housing, building, and civil engineering applications. The company was formerly known as Toyo Rayon Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Toray Industries, Inc. in 1970. The company was incorporated in 1926 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
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