Head to Head Review: CSR (CSRLF) & The Competition

Dividends

CSR pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. CSR pays out 45.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Building Products” companies pay a dividend yield of 6.5% and pay out 37.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. CSR lags its rivals as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Profitability

This table compares CSR and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CSR	N/A	N/A	N/A
CSR Competitors	3.17%	41.96%	5.02%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

30.6% of CSR shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.6% of shares of all “Building Products” companies are held by institutional investors. 10.3% of shares of all “Building Products” companies are held by company insiders. 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.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares CSR and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
CSR	N/A	N/A	26.25
CSR Competitors	$4.00 billion	$4.73 billion	45.82

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

Summary

CSR rivals beat CSR on 9 of the 9 factors compared.

About CSR

CSR Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and supply of building products for residential and commercial constructions in Australia and New Zealand. It operates through Building Products, Property, and Aluminium segments. The Building Products segment offers interior systems, including gyprock plasterboards, Martini acoustic insulation products, and Rondo rolled formed steel products, as well as Himmel and Potter interior systems that supplies ceiling tiles, aluminum partitions, and architectural hardware products; construction systems, such as Hebel autoclaved aerated concrete products, AFS walling systems, cladding systems, and Cemintel fiber cement; masonry and insulation solutions comprising Bradford insulations, Bradford energy solutions, Edmonds ventilation systems, and Monier roofing solutions; and bricks, including PGH Bricks and pavers. The company's Property segment sells former operating sites. This segment is also involved in the large-scale developments in New South Wales, Queensland, and Victoria. Its Aluminium segment offers aluminium ingots, billets, and slabs. CSR Limited was founded in 1855 and is headquartered in North Ryde, Australia.