Reviewing GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft (GEAGY) & Its Peers

GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft (OTCMKTS:GEAGY) is one of 436 publicly-traded companies in the “Machinery” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft to similar companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft	0	1	1	0	2.50
GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft Competitors	4207	14715	18241	808	2.41

As a group, “Machinery” companies have a potential upside of 30.56%. Given GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft’s peers higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft	$5.47 billion	-$191.04 million	-34.99
GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft Competitors	$4.65 billion	$364.05 million	5.82

GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its peers. GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft 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.

Profitability

This table compares GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft	-3.20%	-7.43%	-2.78%
GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft Competitors	-1,044.43%	-14.99%	0.58%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.3% of GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.8% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are owned by institutional investors. 14.3% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft pays an annual dividend of $0.93 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft pays out -80.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Machinery” companies pay a dividend yield of 2.8% and pay out 24.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Volatility and Risk

GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft’s peers have a beta of 5.12, meaning that their average stock price is 412% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft peers beat GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft Company Profile

GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft engages in the development and production of systems and components for the food processing industry worldwide. It operates in two segments, Business Area Equipment and Business Area Solutions. The Business Area Equipment segment offers separators, valves, pumps, homogenizers, and refrigeration compressors, as well as process technology solutions for food processing and packaging applications; and dairy equipment, feeding systems, and slurry engineering solutions. The Business Area Solutions segment provides process solutions for the dairy, food, beverage, pharma, and chemical industries. The company was formerly known as mg technologies ag and changed its name to GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft in 2005. The company has a strategic partnership with SAP SE. GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft was founded in 1881 and is headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany.