Fujifilm (OTCMKTS:FUJIY – Get Free Report) and ARM (NASDAQ:ARM – Get Free Report) are both large-cap technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Fujifilm and ARM”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Fujifilm | $22.30 billion | 1.20 | $1.83 billion | $1.27 | 8.47 |
| ARM | $5.16 billion | 43.57 | $904.00 million | $0.97 | 216.84 |
Fujifilm has higher revenue and earnings than ARM. Fujifilm is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ARM, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current recommendations for Fujifilm and ARM, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Fujifilm | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
| ARM | 1 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 2.70 |
ARM has a consensus target price of $303.32, suggesting a potential upside of 44.21%. Given ARM’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ARM is more favorable than Fujifilm.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
0.0% of Fujifilm shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.5% of ARM shares are held by institutional investors. 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.
Volatility and Risk
Fujifilm has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ARM has a beta of 3.78, indicating that its stock price is 278% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Fujifilm and ARM’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Fujifilm | 7.61% | 6.91% | 4.38% |
| ARM | 20.25% | 12.24% | 9.41% |
Summary
ARM beats Fujifilm on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Fujifilm
FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation develops, manufactures, sells, and services imaging, healthcare, materials, and business innovation solutions worldwide. The company's Healthcare segment provides products and services, such as medical devices, biomedical contract development and manufacturing organization, pharmaceutical, regenerative medicine, and cosmetics and supplements in the areas of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Its Materials segment offers inkjet digital presses and printing plates for printing industries, as well as industrial inkjet-related products and inkjet heads; storage media and archiving services to save and manage digital data volumes; and materials for industrials, including display and touch panel, semiconductor and image sensor, and functional film materials. The company's Business Innovation segment provides devices and services used in offices, including multi-function devices and printers; and provides problem-solving document services tailored to diverse business formats and roles, including system integration, cloud service, business process outsourcing, and others. Its Imaging segment offers color films, instant cameras, developing and printing systems, color papers, photo printing services, and others; and TV and cinema lenses, surveillance cameras, industrial lenses for production line inspection, and projectors. The company was incorporated in 1934 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
About ARM
Arm Holdings Plc engages in the licensing, marketing, research, and development of microprocessors, systems IP, graphics processing units, physical IP and associated systems IP, software, and tools. It operates through the following geographical segments: United Kingdom, United States, and Other Countries. The company was founded on November 12, 1990 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.
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