Contrasting Burnham (OTCMKTS:BURCA) & Morgan Advanced Materials (OTCMKTS:MCRUF)

Burnham (OTCMKTS:BURCA) and Morgan Advanced Materials (OTCMKTS:MCRUF) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Burnham and Morgan Advanced Materials, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Burnham	0	0	0	0	0.00
Morgan Advanced Materials	0	1	1	0	2.50

Insider & Institutional Ownership

1.5% of Burnham shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Burnham and Morgan Advanced Materials”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Burnham	$270.18 million	0.30	$11.95 million	$3.48	6.85
Morgan Advanced Materials	$1.41 billion	N/A	$64.28 million	N/A	N/A

Morgan Advanced Materials has higher revenue and earnings than Burnham.

Profitability

This table compares Burnham and Morgan Advanced Materials’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Burnham	5.93%	13.16%	7.64%
Morgan Advanced Materials	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility and Risk

Burnham has a beta of 0.15, indicating that its share price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Morgan Advanced Materials has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Morgan Advanced Materials beats Burnham on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Burnham

Burnham Holdings, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells boilers and related heating, ventilation, and air conditioning products and accessories for residential, commercial, and industrial applications in the United States and internationally. Its residential hydronic heating products include cast iron, stainless steel, and steel boilers; cast iron and steel heat distribution products; radiators; and warm air furnaces and central air conditioning systems for the residential heating and cooling markets, including units for the manufactured housing industry. The company's commercial and industrial heating products comprise a range of cast iron, stainless steel, fire tube, water tube, copper tube boilers, and water heaters; and boiler room accessories that are used for various applications, such as military bases, multi-unit residential buildings, health care, government, education, and hospital facilities. The company sells its residential products through wholesale distributors to builders, heating contractors, fuel dealers, and utilities for resale to end-use customers; and commercial products primarily through independent sales representatives, directly to contractors, or end users. Burnham Holdings, Inc. is based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

About Morgan Advanced Materials

Morgan Advanced Materials plc operates as a materials science and application engineering company primarily the United Kingdom. It serves customers in the industrial, transportation, petrochemical and chemical, energy, semiconductor and electronics, healthcare, and security and defense markets. The company was formerly known as The Morgan Crucible Company plc and changed its name to Morgan Advanced Materials plc in March 2013. Morgan Advanced Materials plc was founded in 1856 and is headquartered in Windsor, the United Kingdom.