Reviewing Canon (CAJPY) & Its Rivals

Canon (OTCMKTS:CAJPY) is one of 82 public companies in the “Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Canon to related businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, earnings, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Canon and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Canon	$29.46 billion	$2.22 billion	10.97
Canon Competitors	$23.67 billion	$3.28 billion	11.36

Canon has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its competitors. Canon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Dividends

Canon pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Canon pays out 39.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.4% and pay out 41.3% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Canon is clearly a better dividend stock than its competitors, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Canon and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Canon	0	1	0	0	2.00
Canon Competitors	1041	4254	7575	355	2.55

As a group, “Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals” companies have a potential upside of 24.66%. Given Canon’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Canon has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

51.3% of shares of all “Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Canon shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.3% of shares of all “Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Canon and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Canon	7.36%	9.33%	5.51%
Canon Competitors	-617.49%	-14.66%	1.39%

Risk and Volatility

Canon has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canon’s competitors have a beta of 1.59, meaning that their average stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Canon competitors beat Canon on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

About Canon

Canon Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells office multifunction devices (MFDs), plain paper copying machines, laser and inkjet printers, cameras, diagnostic equipment, and lithography equipment. The company operates through four segments: Printing Business Unit, Imaging Business Unit, Medical Business Unit, and Industrial and Others Business Unit. The Printing Business Unit segment offers office MFDs, document solutions, laser multifunction printers, laser printers, inkjet printers, image scanners, calculators, digital continuous feed presses, digital sheet-fed presses, and large format printers. The Imaging Business Unit segment provides interchangeable-lens digital cameras, digital compact cameras, interchangeable lenses, compact photo printers, network cameras, video management and video content analytics software, digital camcorders, digital cinema cameras, broadcast equipment, and multimedia projectors. The Medical System Business Unit segment offers computed tomography systems, diagnostic ultrasound systems, diagnostic X-ray systems, magnetic resonance imaging systems, clinical chemistry analyzers, digital radiography systems, and ophthalmic equipment. The Industry and Others Business Unit segment provides semiconductor lithography equipment, flat panel display lithography equipment, vacuum thin-film deposition equipment, organic light-emitting diode display manufacturing equipment, die bonders, handy terminals, and document scanners. The company also provides maintenance services; and supplies replacement drums, parts, toners, and papers. It sells its products under the Canon brand through subsidiaries or independent distributors to dealers and retail outlets, as well as directly to end-users globally. Canon Inc. was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.