Contrasting Hexagon (HXGBY) and Its Competitors

Hexagon (OTCMKTS:HXGBY) is one of 377 publicly-traded companies in the “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Hexagon to related companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and dividends.

Dividends

Hexagon pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Hexagon pays out 33.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.7% and pay out 66.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Hexagon and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hexagon	1	3	1	0	2.00
Hexagon Competitors	1950	7453	10169	615	2.47

As a group, “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies have a potential upside of 13.08%. Given Hexagon’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hexagon has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hexagon	11.66%	9.00%	5.59%
Hexagon Competitors	-184.66%	-148.91%	-6.81%

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hexagon	$6.14 billion	$698.53 million	41.27
Hexagon Competitors	$4.03 billion	$190.63 million	-6.22

Hexagon has higher revenue and earnings than its rivals. Hexagon is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

44.1% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are held by institutional investors. 16.1% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Hexagon has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hexagon’s rivals have a beta of -0.22, indicating that their average stock price is 122% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Hexagon beats its rivals on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

Hexagon Company Profile

Hexagon AB (publ) provides geospatial and industrial enterprise solutions worldwide. The company offers analysis and management, machine control, embedded electronics, monitoring, and planning and optimization solutions to agriculture division; 3D design and visualization, enterprise asset and asset lifecycle management, OT/ICS cyber security, engineering and schematics, enterprise project performance, operation and maintenance, procurement, fabrication, and construction services for asset lifecycle intelligence division; GNSS and SMART antennas, anti-jam systems, autonomy kits and services, correction services, GNSS/INS receivers and post processing, resilience and integrity technology, and visualization software for autonomy and positioning division; and 3D surveillance, AEC and survey software, geospatial content, machine control, digital realities platform, laser scanning and measurement tools, levels, total stations, airborne, monitoring, document and verification solutions, detection, GNSS, and mobile mapping system to geosystem division. It also provides CAD CAM and CAE software, CNC simulation and computed tomography software, measurement and inspection hardware and software, manufacturing project management, digital transformation for manufacturing, environmental health and safety, and quality management systems to manufacturing intelligence division; and HxGN mine protect, operate, monitoring, measure, and plan services, as well as HxGN autonomous and underground mining services to mining division. In addition, the company offers GIS, imagery analysis and data management, collaboration, government, transportation, and defense solutions; and utility GIS and outage management services, and public safety and geospatial platform to safety, infrastructure, and geospatial division. The company was incorporated in 1975 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.