GN Store Nord (GNNDY) versus Its Competitors Head-To-Head Survey

GN Store Nord (OTCMKTS:GNNDY) is one of 511 public companies in the “Healthcare Equipment & Supplies” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare GN Store Nord to related businesses based on the strength of its profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares GN Store Nord and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
GN Store Nord	$2.54 billion	$98.86 million	-60.89
GN Store Nord Competitors	$1.89 billion	$135.83 million	11.02

GN Store Nord has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its peers. GN Store Nord is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for GN Store Nord and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GN Store Nord	0	3	2	0	2.40
GN Store Nord Competitors	4280	10554	18334	829	2.46

As a group, “Healthcare Equipment & Supplies” companies have a potential upside of 21.25%. Given GN Store Nord’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe GN Store Nord has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares GN Store Nord and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GN Store Nord	-2.50%	-2.01%	-0.72%
GN Store Nord Competitors	-304.51%	-178.77%	-22.17%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

40.5% of shares of all “Healthcare Equipment & Supplies” companies are held by institutional investors. 14.9% of shares of all “Healthcare Equipment & Supplies” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

GN Store Nord pays an annual dividend of $0.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. GN Store Nord pays out -50.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Healthcare Equipment & Supplies” companies pay a dividend yield of 2.1% and pay out 48.4% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Risk and Volatility

GN Store Nord has a beta of 1.74, meaning that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GN Store Nord’s peers have a beta of 2.57, meaning that their average share price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

GN Store Nord peers beat GN Store Nord on 10 of the 15 factors compared.

About GN Store Nord

GN Store Nord A/S provides hearing, audio, video, and gaming solutions in Denmark, rest of Europe, North America, and internationally. The company operates through GN Hearing and GN Audio segments. The GN Hearing segment produces and sells hearing instruments and products. The GN Audio segment supplies headsets, video cameras, and speakerphones for professional use and consumer products. It offers its products under the ReSound, Jabra, Beltone, Interton, Danavox, BlueParrott, FalCom, and SteelSeries brands. GN Store Nord A/S was founded in 1869 and is based in Ballerup, Denmark.