Murata Manufacturing (OTCMKTS:MRAAY – Get Free Report) and Gauzy (NASDAQ:GAUZ – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
Risk & Volatility
Murata Manufacturing has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gauzy has a beta of -0.17, indicating that its share price is 117% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
0.8% of Murata Manufacturing shares are owned by institutional investors. 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.
Profitability
This table compares Murata Manufacturing and Gauzy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Murata Manufacturing | 13.86% | 9.84% | 8.39% |
| Gauzy | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Murata Manufacturing and Gauzy”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Murata Manufacturing | $12.16 billion | 5.98 | $1.54 billion | $0.50 | 39.78 |
| Gauzy | $103.53 million | 0.07 | -$53.18 million | ($41.00) | -0.16 |
Murata Manufacturing has higher revenue and earnings than Gauzy. Gauzy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Murata Manufacturing, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Murata Manufacturing and Gauzy, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Murata Manufacturing | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.00 |
| Gauzy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Summary
Murata Manufacturing beats Gauzy on 13 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Murata Manufacturing
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. designs, manufactures, and sells ceramic-based passive electronic components and solutions in Japan and internationally. The company offers capacitors, inductors, noise suppression products/EMI suppression filters/ESD protection devices, resistors, thermistors, sensors, timing devices, quartz devices, sound components, power products, batteries, micro mechatronics, RFID product, baluns, couplers, filters, phase shifters, RF switches, front-end modules, SAW components, connectors, antennas, connectivity modules, wireless connectivity platforms, ionizers/active oxygen modules, and transformers. It also offers Femtet, a CAE software that solves various engineering challenges; and provides silver oxide battery. In addition, the company provides connectivity, Wifi sensing, IOT, AI, and RFID solutions. Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. offers its products for use in communications equipment, mobility, enterprise system, industrial, healthcare, medical, personal electronics applications, and other sectors. The company was founded in 1944 and is headquartered in Nagaokakyo, Japan.
About Gauzy
Gauzy Ltd. is a fully-integrated light and vision control company which focused on the research, development, manufacturing and marketing of vision and light control technologies. It operates principally in Germany, France, the United States, Canada, China, Singapore and Dubai. Gauzy Ltd. is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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