Profitability
This table compares American Biltrite and Obayashi’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| American Biltrite | -4.16% | -34.23% | -6.13% |
| Obayashi | 7.06% | 9.60% | 3.90% |
Volatility and Risk
American Biltrite has a beta of -0.2, suggesting that its stock price is 120% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Obayashi has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares American Biltrite and Obayashi”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| American Biltrite | $188.74 million | 0.01 | -$2.64 million | ($229.80) | -0.31 |
| Obayashi | $17.21 billion | 0.89 | $976.81 million | $1.72 | 12.59 |
Obayashi has higher revenue and earnings than American Biltrite. American Biltrite is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Obayashi, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Obayashi beats American Biltrite on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
About American Biltrite
American Biltrite Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides tape, jewelry, flooring, and rubber products worldwide. The company produces and offers pressure sensitive tapes, films, and protective sheeting under the American Biltrite and Ideal brands, which are used in various markets, such as automotive and transportation; construction; shoe/footwear; graphic arts, print, and signage; and various other industrial and consumer applications. It also manufactures and distributes commercial flooring primarily for healthcare, educational, and institutional sectors; and performance sheet rubber in North America, as well as designs and supplies fashion jewelry to department stores under the brands of Guess, T Tahari, Robert Rose, Berry, and Jessica McClintock. The company sells its tape products through sales organizations, distributors, and select manufacturers’ representatives. American Biltrite Inc. was founded in 1908 and is based in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts.
About Obayashi
Obayashi Corporation engages in the construction business in Japan, North America, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and Oceania. The company constructs buildings, including offices, condominiums, commercial facilities, factories, hospitals, and schools; and civil engineering projects, such as tunnels, bridges, dams, river works, urban civil engineering structures, railroads, and expressways. It is also involved in the development and leasing of real estate properties in various locations, primarily in urban areas, as well as property management activities; solar, biomass, geothermal, and wind power generation business; and PPP and agriculture business. In addition, the company provides non-life insurance agency business. Further, it engages in the provision of urban redevelopment, contracted operations, and facility management services, as well as M&E design and construction activities. The company was founded in 1892 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
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