Autohome (NYSE:ATHM – Get Free Report) is one of 192 publicly-traded companies in the “Interactive Media & Services” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Autohome to related companies based on the strength of its profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current recommendations for Autohome and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Autohome | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2.29 |
| Autohome Competitors | 1437 | 5986 | 11521 | 441 | 2.57 |
Autohome presently has a consensus target price of $19.95, indicating a potential upside of 0.00%. As a group, “Interactive Media & Services” companies have a potential upside of 38.94%. Given Autohome’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Autohome has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Autohome and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Autohome | $5.49 billion | $225.19 million | 17.20 |
| Autohome Competitors | $13.72 billion | $3.48 billion | 20.36 |
Autohome’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Autohome. Autohome is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.
Dividends
Autohome pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%. Autohome pays out 158.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Interactive Media & Services” companies pay a dividend yield of 18.2% and pay out 4.9% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Autohome lags its peers as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
63.1% of Autohome shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.1% of shares of all “Interactive Media & Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 5.7% of Autohome shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.0% of shares of all “Interactive Media & Services” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Risk and Volatility
Autohome has a beta of 0.27, suggesting that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Autohome’s peers have a beta of 1.88, suggesting that their average stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Autohome and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Autohome | 17.05% | 4.44% | 3.53% |
| Autohome Competitors | -349.35% | -22.57% | 4.07% |
Summary
Autohome peers beat Autohome on 11 of the 15 factors compared.
About Autohome
Autohome Inc. operates as an online destination for automobile consumers in the People’s Republic of China. The company delivers interactive content and tools to automobile consumers through its three websites, autohome.com.cn, che168.com, and ttpai.cn on PCs, mobile devices, mobile applications, and mini apps. It provides media services, including automaker advertising services and regional marketing campaigns; and leads generation services comprising dealer subscription services, advertising services for individual dealers, and used automobile listing and other platform-based services. The company offers Autohome Mall, an online transaction platform; and online bidding platform for used automobiles, as well as collects commissions for facilitating transactions of auto-financing and insurance products on its platform. The company was formerly known as Sequel Limited and changed its name to Autohome Inc. in October 2011. Autohome Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People’s Republic of China.
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