Head to Head Review: Seven and I (OTCMKTS:SVNDY) versus Online Vacation Center (OTCMKTS:ONVC)

Online Vacation Center (OTCMKTS:ONVC) and Seven and I (OTCMKTS:SVNDY) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Online Vacation Center and Seven and I, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Online Vacation Center	0	0	0	0	0.00
Seven and I	0	3	0	0	2.00

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Online Vacation Center and Seven and I”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Online Vacation Center	$19.46 million	0.64	$490,000.00	$0.05	36.00
Seven and I	$69.63 billion	0.43	$1.96 billion	$0.83	15.39

Seven and I has higher revenue and earnings than Online Vacation Center. Seven and I is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Online Vacation Center, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Online Vacation Center and Seven and I’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Online Vacation Center	1.64%	N/A	N/A
Seven and I	3.03%	7.87%	3.06%

Risk & Volatility

Online Vacation Center has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Seven and I has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.0% of Seven and I shares are owned by institutional investors. 71.3% of Online Vacation Center shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Online Vacation Center pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Seven and I pays an annual dividend of $0.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Online Vacation Center pays out 160.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Seven and I pays out 22.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Seven and I beats Online Vacation Center on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Online Vacation Center

Online Vacation Center Holdings Corp., through its subsidiaries, provides vacation travel and marketing services in the United States. The company offers vacation services for affluent retiree markets. It also involved in developing and selling river, ocean, and land vacation packages; publishes three travel newsletters under the Top Travel Deals, Spotlight, and TravelFlash brands; selling online of golf training aids; and operates a cruises franchise that focused on travel sales through mobile agents, as well as a website that connects travelers to purchase hotel, resort, and vacation packages. The company was founded in 1972 and is based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

About Seven and I

Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. operates convenience stores, superstores, department stores, supermarkets, and specialty stores. It operates through six segments: Domestic Convenience Store operations, Overseas Convenience Store Operations, Superstore Operations, Department and Specialty Store Operations, Financial Services, and Others. The company engages in the operation of convenience stores comprising directly managed corporate stores and franchised stores; retail business that provides daily life necessities, such as food and other daily necessities and dollar merchandise and services; banking, leasing, and credit card business; and real estate business. Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.