Vossloh (VOSSF) and Its Competitors Critical Contrast

Vossloh (OTCMKTS:VOSSF) is one of 102 publicly-traded companies in the “Ground Transportation” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Vossloh to related businesses based on the strength of its profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

33.5% of Vossloh shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.7% of shares of all “Ground Transportation” companies are owned by institutional investors. 15.2% of shares of all “Ground Transportation” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Vossloh and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vossloh	N/A	N/A	-5.24
Vossloh Competitors	$8.58 billion	$895.12 million	47.39

Vossloh’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Vossloh. Vossloh is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Dividends

Vossloh pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Vossloh pays out -3.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Ground Transportation” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.4% and pay out 27.7% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Vossloh and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vossloh	0	1	0	0	2.00
Vossloh Competitors	1327	6294	8376	248	2.46

As a group, “Ground Transportation” companies have a potential upside of 13.86%. Given Vossloh’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vossloh has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Vossloh and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vossloh	N/A	N/A	N/A
Vossloh Competitors	5.46%	9.28%	3.79%

Summary

Vossloh peers beat Vossloh on 12 of the 13 factors compared.

Vossloh Company Profile

Vossloh AG provides rail infrastructure products and services in Germany and internationally. It operates through three divisions: Core Components, Customized Modules, and Lifecycle Solutions. The Core Components division develops, produces, and markets rail fastening systems for heavy-haul and high-speed lines, as well as urban transport applications. This division also manufactures concrete ties, switch ties, and concrete elements for slab tracks and level crossing systems. Its Customized Modules division manufactures, installs, and maintains switches and crossings, as well as related control and monitoring systems for light-rail and high-speed applications. The Lifecycle Solutions division engages in rail trading, long-rail unloading at construction sites, welding new rails, reconditioning old rails, on-site welding, rail replacement, rail grinding/milling, rail inspection, and construction site supervision activities. This division also organizes and monitors rail shipments to construction sites; and enables on-site availability of the unloading systems. The company was founded in 1883 and is headquartered in Werdohl, Germany.