Critical Analysis: Hyundai Motor (HYMLF) and Its Competitors

Hyundai Motor (OTCMKTS:HYMLF) is one of 119 publicly-traded companies in the “Automobiles” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Hyundai Motor to similar companies based on the strength of its risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends and valuation.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Hyundai Motor and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hyundai Motor	$131.12 billion	$6.61 billion	4.16
Hyundai Motor Competitors	$2,012.06 billion	$1.13 billion	8.00

Hyundai Motor’s rivals have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Hyundai Motor. Hyundai Motor 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Hyundai Motor and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hyundai Motor	0	1	0	0	2.00
Hyundai Motor Competitors	2126	5134	6393	191	2.34

As a group, “Automobiles” companies have a potential upside of 68.11%. Given Hyundai Motor’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hyundai Motor has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Risk & Volatility

Hyundai Motor has a beta of 0.12, suggesting that its stock price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hyundai Motor’s rivals have a beta of 1.01, suggesting that their average stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

39.1% of shares of all “Automobiles” companies are owned by institutional investors. 13.9% of shares of all “Automobiles” companies are owned by company 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.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hyundai Motor	4.31%	6.25%	2.17%
Hyundai Motor Competitors	-1,522.70%	-121.94%	-11.69%

Summary

Hyundai Motor rivals beat Hyundai Motor on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About Hyundai Motor

Hyundai Motor Company, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and distributes motor vehicles and parts. It operates through Vehicle, Finance, and Others segments. The company offers cars under the Azera, Sonata, Veloster, Veloster N, i30 Fastback N, i30 N, i30, Elantra, Accent, i20, and i10 names; and SUVs under the Palisade, Santa Fe, Tucson, Creta, Kona, and Venue names. It also provides commercial vehicles under the H-1 and H-100 names; and eco vehicles under the IONIQ 5, NEXO, Santa Fe Hybrid/Plug-in Hybrid, Tucson Hybrid, KONA Electric, Elantra Hybrid, IONIQ Plug-in Hybrid, IONIQ Electric, IONIQ Electric, and i30 Hybrid names. In addition, the company offers trucks, buses, vans, and engines; vehicle financing, credit card processing, marketing, engineering, mobility, and insurance services; and train manufacturing services, as well as operates a football club. Further, it is involved in real estate development; research and development; and investment activities. The company was incorporated in 1967 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.