Omron (OTCMKTS:OMRNY) & Video Display (OTCMKTS:VIDE) Financial Survey

Omron (OTCMKTS:OMRNY) and Video Display (OTCMKTS:VIDE) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Risk & Volatility

Omron has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Video Display has a beta of 0.19, meaning that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

1.1% of Omron shares are owned by institutional investors. 48.8% of Video Display shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Omron and Video Display”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Omron	$5.10 billion	1.40	$189.24 million	$0.95	38.12
Video Display	$8.30 million	0.00	-$130,000.00	($0.13)	N/A

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Omron and Video Display, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Omron	0	1	0	0	2.00
Video Display	0	0	0	0	0.00

Given Video Display’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Video Display is more favorable than Omron.

Profitability

This table compares Omron and Video Display’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Omron	3.66%	2.92%	1.98%
Video Display	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Omron beats Video Display on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Omron

OMRON Corporation engages in industrial automation, device and module solutions, social systems, and healthcare businesses worldwide. The Industrial Automation Business offers sensors, switches, safety and control components, relays, motion and drives, robotics, energy conservation, power supplies, and automation system products. It also offers environmental mobility, digital devices, food and commodity, logistic and warehouse automation, medical, robotic, panel, vision, software, and traceability related solutions. The Social Systems, Solutions and Service Business provides energy, public transport, traffic safety, network protection, payment, infrastructure monitoring, management service, and DX solutions, as well as offers remote surveillance/monitoring, automation/robotics, software development, engineering/maintenance, and other services. The Healthcare Business provides cardiovascular, respiratory care, pain management, remote patient monitoring, and other solutions. The Device and Module Solutions Business offers relays, switches, connectors, and sensors. OMRON Corporation was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.

About Video Display

Video Display Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, designs, engineers, manufactures, markets, distributes, and installs display products and systems for government, military, aerospace, medical, and commercial organizations worldwide. The company operates in four divisions: Simulation and Training Products; Cyber Secure Products; Data Display CRTs; and Other Computer Products. It offers dome and multi-faceted aircraft simulator display systems, video walls for broadcast and control centers, rugged video walls for combat information centers, rugged flat panel displays and computers, projector and monitor upgrades, and projection screens. The company also provides cyber security products, such as TEMPEST technology products and custom engineering solutions; and various contract services, including the design and testing solutions for defense and niche commercial uses. In addition, it manufactures and distributes cathode ray tubes (CRTs) for use in data display screens, such as computer terminal monitors, medical monitoring equipment, and various other data display applications, as well as in television sets; and distributes CRTs and other electronic tubes purchased from original equipment manufacturers, as well as offers cyber-secure keyboards. The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Cocoa, Florida.