JELD-WEN (NYSE:JELD) & BELIMO (OTCMKTS:BLHWF) Critical Survey

BELIMO (OTCMKTS:BLHWF) and JELD-WEN (NYSE:JELD) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

35.4% of BELIMO shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of JELD-WEN shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of JELD-WEN shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares BELIMO and JELD-WEN”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BELIMO	N/A	N/A	N/A	$102.48	11.71
JELD-WEN	$3.21 billion	0.05	-$621.21 million	($6.04)	-0.31

BELIMO has higher earnings, but lower revenue than JELD-WEN. JELD-WEN is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BELIMO, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for BELIMO and JELD-WEN, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BELIMO	0	1	4	0	2.80
JELD-WEN	1	5	0	0	1.83

JELD-WEN has a consensus price target of $2.10, indicating a potential upside of 10.82%. Given JELD-WEN’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe JELD-WEN is more favorable than BELIMO.

Profitability

This table compares BELIMO and JELD-WEN’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BELIMO	N/A	N/A	N/A
JELD-WEN	-16.36%	-246.42%	-5.69%

Summary

BELIMO beats JELD-WEN on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About BELIMO

BELIMO Holding AG, together with its subsidiaries, develops, produces, distributes, and sells damper actuators, control valves, sensors, and meters for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and the Asia Pacific. It offers HVAC damper actuators, including non fail-safe and fail safe actuators; fast running and linear actuators; fire damper and smoke control actuators; variable air volume; valve actuators; actuators for harsh environmental conditions; and damper actuator accessories. The company also provides various control valves, such as energy, pressure independent control, zone, characterised control, ball, and butterfly valves; valve actuators, as well as electrical and mechanical valve accessories. In addition, it offers measurement and monitoring sensors and meters, which include duct and outdoor sensors for air; water pipe sensors; room units; gas monitoring devices; and thermal and energy meters, as well as sensors accessories consisting of thermowells, mounting plates, brackets, and clamps, and various adaptor connectors. Further, the company provides systems solutions that includes energy valve, internet of things actuators, air flow and pressure control, ZoneEase variable air volume, and system mechanical accessories, and terminal cover. BELIMO Holding AG was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Hinwil, Switzerland.

About JELD-WEN

JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells wood, metal, and composite materials doors, windows, and related building products in North America and Europe. The company offers a line of residential interior and exterior door products, including patio doors, and folding or sliding wall systems; non-residential doors; stile and rail doors; and wood, vinyl, and wood composite windows. It also provides other ancillary products and services, such as trim boards, glasses, hardware and locks, window screens, and molded door skins, as well as miscellaneous installation and other services. The company sells its products under the JELD-WEN, AuraLast, MiraTEC, Extira, LaCANTINA, MMI Door, Karona, ImpactGard, JW, Aurora, IWP, True BLU, ABS, Siteline, National Door, Low-Friction Glider, Hydrolock, VPI, AURALINE, FINISHIELD, MILLENNIUM, TRUFIT, EPICVUE, EVELIN, Swedoor, Dooria, DANA, Mattiovi, Zargag, Alupan, Domoferm, Kellpax, and HSE brands. It serves wholesale distributors and retailers, retail home centers, and building product dealers, as well as homebuilders, contractors, and consumers. JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. was founded in 1960 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.