Head-To-Head Review: Columbia Sportswear (NASDAQ:COLM) versus Teijin (OTCMKTS:TINLY)

Columbia Sportswear (NASDAQ:COLM) and Teijin (OTCMKTS:TINLY) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Columbia Sportswear and Teijin, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Columbia Sportswear	1	5	1	0	2.00
Teijin	0	0	0	0	0.00

Columbia Sportswear currently has a consensus target price of $60.80, indicating a potential upside of 16.25%. Given Columbia Sportswear’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Columbia Sportswear is more favorable than Teijin.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

47.8% of Columbia Sportswear shares are owned by institutional investors. 48.3% of Columbia Sportswear shares are owned by 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.

Dividends

Columbia Sportswear pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Teijin pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Columbia Sportswear pays out 30.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Columbia Sportswear and Teijin”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Columbia Sportswear	$3.37 billion	0.85	$223.27 million	$3.92	13.34
Teijin	$6.60 billion	0.26	$187.09 million	N/A	N/A

Columbia Sportswear has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Teijin.

Profitability

This table compares Columbia Sportswear and Teijin’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Columbia Sportswear	6.59%	12.97%	7.93%
Teijin	N/A	N/A	N/A

Risk & Volatility

Columbia Sportswear has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teijin has a beta of 0.16, suggesting that its stock price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Columbia Sportswear beats Teijin on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Columbia Sportswear

Columbia Sportswear Company, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, markets, and distributes outdoor, active, and everyday lifestyle apparel, footwear, accessories, and equipment in the United States, Latin America, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Canada. The company provides apparel, accessories, and equipment for hiking, trail running, snow, fishing, hunting, mountaineering, climbing, skiing and snowboarding, trail, and outdoor activities. It offers footwear products that include lightweight hiking boot; trail running shoes; rugged cold weather boots; sandals and shoes for use in water activities; and footwear for lifestyle wear. In addition, it owned network of branded and outlet retail stores; brand-specific e-commerce sites; and concession or franchise-based arrangements with third parties at branded outlet and shop-in-shop retail locations, as well as through independently operated specialty outdoor and sporting goods stores, sporting goods chains, department store chains, internet retailers, and international distributors. The company sells its products under the Columbia, Mountain Hard Wear, SOREL, and prAna brand names. Columbia Sportswear Company was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon.

About Teijin

Teijin Limited engages in the fibers, films and sheets, composites, healthcare, and IT businesses worldwide. It offers aramid fibers and polyethylene materials; carbon fibers, composite materials, and oxidized PAN fibers; polycarbonate sheets and films; high-density polyethylene porous films and materials; and microporous films. The company also provides PC resins, polyphenylene sulfide resins, molded parts, and additives; lightweight glass and carbon fiber reinforced composites for automotive applications; and polytrimethylene telephthalate products, artificial leather materials, polyester nanofibers, and recycled polyester fibers. In addition, it offers pharmaceuticals for bone and joint, respiratory, cardiovascular and metabolic, and other diseases; home oxygen therapy, non-invasive positive pressure ventilation, rehabilitation, and sleep disordered breathing related devices, as well as sonic accelerated fracture healing system and community-based integrated care system; and orthopedic implantable devices, and functional food ingredients. Further, the company provides Recopic, a radio-frequency identification technology for inventory management. Additionally, it develops and implements engineering solutions for various issues, such as environmental pollution, energy supply stability, and aging-related workforce population decline. Teijin Limited was incorporated in 1918 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.