Comparing Heritage Media (OTCMKTS:OLVI) & AMETEK (NYSE:AME)

Heritage Media (OTCMKTS:OLVI) and AMETEK (NYSE:AME) are both technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Heritage Media and AMETEK, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Heritage Media	0	0	0	0	0.00
AMETEK	0	5	10	1	2.75

AMETEK has a consensus target price of $266.80, suggesting a potential upside of 10.44%. Given AMETEK’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AMETEK is more favorable than Heritage Media.

Profitability

This table compares Heritage Media and AMETEK’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Heritage Media	-25.04%	N/A	N/A
AMETEK	20.04%	16.93%	11.26%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

87.4% of AMETEK shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of AMETEK shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Heritage Media and AMETEK”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Heritage Media	$82.76 million	1.78	-$20.70 million	($0.05)	-4.60
AMETEK	$7.40 billion	7.48	$1.48 billion	$6.84	35.32

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

Risk & Volatility

Heritage Media has a beta of -2.02, meaning that its stock price is 302% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AMETEK has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

AMETEK beats Heritage Media on 15 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Heritage Media

Heritage Media Corporation was formerly known as Lignin Industries Inc. Heritage Media Corporation is based in Calgary, Canada.

About AMETEK

AMETEK, Inc. manufactures and sells electronic instruments and electromechanical devices in the North America, Europe, Asia, and South America, and internationally. The company's EIG segment offers advanced instruments for the process, aerospace, power, and industrial markets; process and analytical instruments for the oil and gas, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, semiconductor, automation, and food and beverage industries; instruments to the laboratory equipment, ultra-precision manufacturing, medical, and test and measurement markets; power quality monitoring and c devices, uninterruptible power supplies, programmable power and electromagnetic compatibility test equipment, and sensors for gas turbines and dashboard instruments; heavy trucks, instrumentation, and controls for the food and beverage industries; and aircraft and engine sensors, power supplies, embedded computing, monitoring, fuel and fluid measurement, and data acquisition systems for aerospace and defense industry. Its EMG segment offers engineered medical components and devices, automation solutions, thermal management systems, specialty metals, and electrical interconnects; single-use and consumable surgical instruments, implantable components, and drug delivery systems; engineered electrical connectors and electronics packaging to protect sensitive devices and mission-critical electronics; precision motion control products for data storage, medical devices, business equipment, and automation; high-purity powdered metals, strips and foils, specialty clad metals, and metal matrix composites; motor-blower systems and heat exchangers for thermal management, military and commercial aircraft, and military ground vehicles; motors for commercial appliances, food and beverage machines, hydraulic pumps, and industrial blowers; and operates a network of aviation maintenance, repair, and overhaul facilities. AMETEK, Inc. was incorporated in 1930 and is headquartered in Berwyn, Pennsylvania.