ASSA ABLOY AB (publ) (OTCMKTS:ASAZY) versus EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme (OTCMKTS:ESLOY) Head to Head Survey

ASSA ABLOY AB (publ) (OTCMKTS:ASAZY) and EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme (OTCMKTS:ESLOY) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Volatility & Risk

ASSA ABLOY AB (publ) has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares ASSA ABLOY AB (publ) and EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ASSA ABLOY AB (publ)	10.02%	15.60%	7.32%
EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares ASSA ABLOY AB (publ) and EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ASSA ABLOY AB (publ)	$13.27 billion	2.49	$1.29 billion	$0.67	22.15
EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme	$27.48 billion	4.62	$2.48 billion	N/A	N/A

EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme has higher revenue and earnings than ASSA ABLOY AB (publ).

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for ASSA ABLOY AB (publ) and EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ASSA ABLOY AB (publ)	1	0	0	0	1.00
EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme	0	1	0	0	2.00

Dividends

ASSA ABLOY AB (publ) pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. ASSA ABLOY AB (publ) pays out 20.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.0% of EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme beats ASSA ABLOY AB (publ) on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ASSA ABLOY AB (publ)

ASSA ABLOY AB (publ) provides door opening and access products, solutions, and services for the institutional, commercial, and residential markets in Europe, the Middle East, India, Africa, North and South America, Asia, and Oceania. The company provides digital access solutions, such as electronic access control ecosystem, wireless solutions, electronic key solutions, standalone access solutions, and wired solutions; swing, revolving, and sliding doors; mechanical products, including hinges, lever handles, mortise lockcases, euro profile cylinders, panic exit devices, door closers, floor spring, and general hardware; and doors. It offers Openings Studio, a building information modeling software ecosystem is collaboration tool for designing, documenting, and managing openings. The company provides its products primarily under the ASSA ABLOY, Yale, and HID brands. It sells its products through distributors and wholesalers. The company serves aviation, education, distribution and logistics, entertainment and public facility, finance and banking, government and military, healthcare, hospitality, manufacturing, mining, office and enterprise, homes and residence, retail, shipyards, and transportation industries. ASSA ABLOY AB (publ) was incorporated in 1954 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

About EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme

EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme designs, manufactures, and distributes ophthalmic lenses, frames, and sunglasses in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, the Asia-Pacific, and North America. It operates through Professional Solutions and Direct to Consumer segments. The company offers lens under the Essilor, Varilux, Crizal, Eyezen, Stellest, Xperio, Transitions, Ray-Ban, Oakley, Barberini, KODAK Lens, Nikon, Shamir, eyexpert, iWear, Humanware, and Optifog brands. It also provides finishing equipment, vision performance screening, eye examination and refractions, fitting parameter measurements, and small tools and consumables under the Essilor Instruments brand; high-tech equipment for optical surfacing, polishing, measuring, coating, and finishing, as well as consumables, tools, and services under the Satisloh brand. In addition, the company provides eyewear products under the Ray-Ban, Oakley, Persol, Oliver Peoples, Vogue Eyewear, Arnette, Alain Mikli, Costa, Bliz, Native, Luxottica, Sferoflex, Bolon, Molsion, DbyD, and Unofficial and Seen, as well as other Licensed brands. In addition, the company designs, develops, markets, and maintains lens edging and mounting instruments for opticians and prescription laboratories; and optometry instruments for eyecare professionals, schools, occupational medicine centers, military, and other institutions. It wholesales its products to independent opticians, distributors, third-party e-commerce platforms, and large retail chains in the eyecare and eyewear industry; and sells directly to consumers through the network of brick and mortar retail network and its online channels. The company was formerly known as Essilor International Société Anonyme and changed its name to EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme in October 2018. EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme was founded in 1849 and is headquartered in Paris, France.