JinkoSolar (NYSE:JKS) vs. Fujifilm (OTCMKTS:FUJIY) Critical Contrast

Fujifilm (OTCMKTS:FUJIY) and JinkoSolar (NYSE:JKS) are both technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Volatility & Risk

Fujifilm has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JinkoSolar has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Fujifilm and JinkoSolar”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fujifilm	$22.30 billion	1.18	$1.83 billion	$1.27	8.35
JinkoSolar	$9.37 billion	0.07	-$635.64 million	($9.33)	-1.29

Fujifilm has higher revenue and earnings than JinkoSolar. JinkoSolar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fujifilm, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.0% of Fujifilm shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.8% of JinkoSolar shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.8% of JinkoSolar shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Fujifilm and JinkoSolar, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fujifilm	0	1	0	0	2.00
JinkoSolar	3	3	1	1	2.00

JinkoSolar has a consensus price target of $19.88, suggesting a potential upside of 65.35%. Given JinkoSolar’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe JinkoSolar is more favorable than Fujifilm.

Profitability

This table compares Fujifilm and JinkoSolar’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fujifilm	7.61%	6.92%	4.38%
JinkoSolar	-5.85%	-9.93%	-2.21%

Dividends

Fujifilm pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. JinkoSolar pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.3%. Fujifilm pays out 9.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JinkoSolar pays out -15.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. JinkoSolar is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Fujifilm beats JinkoSolar on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Fujifilm

FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation develops, manufactures, sells, and services imaging, healthcare, materials, and business innovation solutions worldwide. The company's Healthcare segment provides products and services, such as medical devices, biomedical contract development and manufacturing organization, pharmaceutical, regenerative medicine, and cosmetics and supplements in the areas of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Its Materials segment offers inkjet digital presses and printing plates for printing industries, as well as industrial inkjet-related products and inkjet heads; storage media and archiving services to save and manage digital data volumes; and materials for industrials, including display and touch panel, semiconductor and image sensor, and functional film materials. The company's Business Innovation segment provides devices and services used in offices, including multi-function devices and printers; and provides problem-solving document services tailored to diverse business formats and roles, including system integration, cloud service, business process outsourcing, and others. Its Imaging segment offers color films, instant cameras, developing and printing systems, color papers, photo printing services, and others; and TV and cinema lenses, surveillance cameras, industrial lenses for production line inspection, and projectors. The company was incorporated in 1934 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

About JinkoSolar

JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, development, production, and marketing of photovoltaic products. The company offers solar modules, silicon wafers, solar cells, recovered silicon materials, and silicon ingots. It also provides solar system integration services; solar power generation and solar system EPC services; and energy storage system, as well as undertakes solar power projects. The company sells its products to distributors, project developers, system integrators, and manufacturers of solar power products under the JinkoSolar brand. As of December 31, 2023, it had an integrated annual capacity of 85 gigawatts (GW) for mono wafers; 90 GW for solar cells; and 110 GW for solar modules. It operates in China, the United States, Mexico, Australia, Japan, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Jordan, Vietnam, Egypt, Spain, Germany, and internationally. JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Shangrao, the People's Republic of China.