Grupo Mexico (OTCMKTS:GMBXF) versus Steel Partners (NYSE:SPLP) Financial Contrast

Steel Partners (NYSE:SPLP) and Grupo Mexico (OTCMKTS:GMBXF) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

50.7% of Steel Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 84.8% of Steel Partners shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

Steel Partners has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grupo Mexico has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Steel Partners and Grupo Mexico’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Steel Partners	11.43%	21.72%	6.11%
Grupo Mexico	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Steel Partners and Grupo Mexico”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Steel Partners	$2.03 billion	0.49	$150.83 million	$11.67	4.28
Grupo Mexico	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Steel Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Grupo Mexico.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Steel Partners and Grupo Mexico, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Steel Partners	0	0	0	0	0.00
Grupo Mexico	0	3	1	0	2.25

Summary

Steel Partners beats Grupo Mexico on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Steel Partners

Steel Partners Holdings L.P., together with its subsidiaries, engages in industrial products, energy, banking, defense, supply chain management, logistics, and youth sports businesses worldwide. It operates through Diversified Industrial, Energy, Financial Services, and Supply Chain segments. The company fabricates precious metals and alloys into brazing alloys; manufactures and sells seamless stainless steel tubing coils; fasteners, adhesives, and fastening systems for the commercial low slope roofing industry, as well as specialty fasteners for the building products industry; and woven substrates of fiberglass, quartz, carbon, and aramid materials for specialty applications. It also designs, manufactures, and markets power electronics and protection, motion control, power quality electromagnetic equipment, custom ball-screws, and gears and gearboxes used in medical, commercial and military aerospace, computer, datacom, industrial, specialty LED lighting, test and measurement, and telecom applications. In addition, the company provides meat-room blade products, repair services, and distributed products for the meat and deli departments of supermarkets, restaurants, and meat and fish processing plants, as well as for electrical saws and cutting equipment distributors; cutting blades for bakeries; and wood cutting blade products for the pallet manufacturing, pallet recycler, and portable saw mill industries. Further, it manufactures and distributes coated, laminated and metallized films for imaging, aerospace, insulation and solar photo-voltaic markets; originates and funds consumer and small business loans; issues credit cards; takes deposits; participates in syndicated commercial and industrial, and asset based credit facilities and securitizations; and offers drilling and production services to the oil and gas industry. Steel Partners Holdings GP Inc. serves as the general partner of the company. The company was founded in 1990 and is based in New York, New York.

About Grupo Mexico

Grupo México, S.A.B. de C.V. engages in copper production, cargo transportation, and infrastructure businesses worldwide. The company operates through Mining, Transportation, and Infrastructure divisions. The Mining division explores for copper, silver, molybdenum, zinc, sulfuric acid, gold, and selenium. It owns interests in 14 underground and open pit mines, and 8 exploration projects in Mexico, Peru, the United States, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, and Spain. The Transportation division offers railroad transportation services, including general and intermodal freight services by railroad; passenger transportation services; and auxiliary terminal management and intra-terminal hauling services. This division provides railroad services for the agriculture, automotive, cement, energy, intermodal, metals and minerals, industrial products, and chemical and fertilizer sectors. It operates a railroad network of 11,137 km across 24 states in Mexico. The Infrastructure division offers land and ocean drilling services; and engineering services. It also generates energy through a combined cycle plant and wind farm; and constructs, operates, and maintains Salamanca-León highway and Silao Bypas. Grupo México, S.A.B. de C.V. was founded in 1890 and is based in Mexico City, Mexico.