Comparing Greenland Technologies (NASDAQ:GTEC) and Hoya (OTCMKTS:HOCPY)

Greenland Technologies (NASDAQ:GTEC) and Hoya (OTCMKTS:HOCPY) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and risk.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Greenland Technologies and Hoya”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Greenland Technologies	$83.94 million	0.26	$14.07 million	$0.98	1.29
Hoya	$5.69 billion	9.64	$1.35 billion	$4.08	39.16

Hoya has higher revenue and earnings than Greenland Technologies. Greenland Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hoya, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Greenland Technologies and Hoya’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Greenland Technologies	16.38%	20.63%	10.48%
Hoya	23.33%	21.01%	16.56%

Risk & Volatility

Greenland Technologies has a beta of 0.09, suggesting that its stock price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hoya has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

10.9% of Greenland Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Hoya shares are held by institutional investors. 36.9% of Greenland Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Greenland Technologies and Hoya, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Greenland Technologies	1	0	0	0	1.00
Hoya	0	0	0	3	4.00

Summary

Hoya beats Greenland Technologies on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Greenland Technologies

Greenland Technologies Holding Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, and sells components and products for material handling industries worldwide. The company offers transmission products, such as transmission systems and integrated powertrain primarily for electric forklift trucks; electric industrial heavy equipment, including electric wheeled front loader, electric excavator, and electric lithium forklifts; and provides charging solutions. Its products are used in manufacturing and logistic applications, such as factories, workshops, warehouses, fulfillment centers, shipyards, and seaports. Greenland Technologies Holding Corporation was and is headquartered in East Windsor, New Jersey.

About Hoya

HOYA Corporation, a med-tech company, provides high-tech and medical products worldwide. It operates through three segments: Life Care, Telecommunication, and Other. The company offers life care products, including eyeglass and contact lenses; medical endoscopes; intraocular lenses; laparoscopic surgical instruments; automatic endoscope cleaning equipment; and other medical related products, such as prosthetic ceramic fillers and metallic implants for orthopedics. It also operates Eyecity, a specialty retailer of contact lenses. In addition, the company provides information technology products, such as mask blanks and photomasks for manufacturing semiconductor chips; glass disks for hard disk drives; and imaging products that include optical glasses/optical lenses, colored glass filters, and laser equipment/UV light resources. Further, it engages in the research, development, manufacture, and sale of photomasks for manufacturing flat panel displays. Additionally, the company offers ReadSpeaker, a speech synthesis software; and cloud services comprising Kinnosuke, a time and attendance management service, as well as Yonosuke, an electronic payslip service. HOYA Corporation was founded in 1941 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.