Reviewing Kone Oyj (OTCMKTS:KNYJY) and JNS (OTCMKTS:JNSH)

Kone Oyj (OTCMKTS:KNYJY) and JNS (OTCMKTS:JNSH) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for Kone Oyj and JNS, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kone Oyj	2	3	1	1	2.14
JNS	0	0	0	0	0.00

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Kone Oyj and JNS”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kone Oyj	$12.72 billion	2.02	$1.11 billion	$1.09	26.04
JNS	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Kone Oyj has higher revenue and earnings than JNS.

Profitability

This table compares Kone Oyj and JNS’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kone Oyj	8.71%	39.08%	11.28%
JNS	N/A	N/A	N/A

Risk and Volatility

Kone Oyj has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JNS has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Kone Oyj beats JNS on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Kone Oyj

KONE Oyj, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the elevator and escalator business worldwide. The company provides elevators, escalators, and automatic building doors. It offers maintenance services; and modernization solutions. In addition, the company offers KONE Office Flow, a connected solution that allows for personalized user experiences and touch-free access; health and well-being solutions for elevators, escalators, and doors; KONE Access, an access control system, which is integrated with elevator system and building doors; KONE Destination, a destination control system that reduce waiting and travel times; KONE infotainment, a communication channel for building tenants and visitors; and monitoring solutions that enable real-time inspection of elevators and escalators. Further, it provides people flow planning and consulting services; solutions for special buildings and large projects; cybersecurity solutions; and energy solutions for greener buildings. KONE Oyj was founded in 1908 and is based in Espoo, Finland.

About JNS

JNS Holdings Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates as an electrical design build construction services contractor in the United States. The company is based in Wheeling, Illinois.