Contrasting Citizen Watch (CHCLY) and Its Peers

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Citizen Watch	N/A	N/A	0.21
Citizen Watch Competitors	$5.69 billion	$474.14 million	26.91

Citizen Watch’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Citizen Watch. Citizen Watch 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.

Dividends

Citizen Watch pays an annual dividend of $77.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 115.2%. Citizen Watch pays out 24.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.4% and pay out 22.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

54.6% of shares of all “Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods” companies are held by institutional investors. 16.3% of shares of all “Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Citizen Watch	N/A	N/A	N/A
Citizen Watch Competitors	-3.42%	13.18%	2.61%

Summary

Citizen Watch rivals beat Citizen Watch on 7 of the 9 factors compared.

Citizen Watch Company Profile

Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells watches and their components worldwide. It operates through four segments: Watches, Machine Tools, Devices and Components, and Electronic and Other Products. The company offers movements, CNC automatic lathes, turning machines, LEDs for lighting, tactile switch, backlight unit, crystal devices, ferroelectric LCDS, printers, calculators, health care products, and other automotive components. Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in Nishitokyo, Japan.