ANA (ALNPY) & Its Peers Critical Analysis

ANA (OTCMKTS:ALNPY) is one of 78 public companies in the “Passenger Airlines” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare ANA to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, valuation and dividends.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ANA	5.85%	11.15%	4.16%
ANA Competitors	-17.97%	5.90%	1.13%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for ANA and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ANA	0	2	0	1	2.67
ANA Competitors	1524	4059	6675	353	2.46

As a group, “Passenger Airlines” companies have a potential upside of 15.80%. Given ANA’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ANA has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Dividends

ANA pays an annual dividend of $0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. ANA pays out 12.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Passenger Airlines” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.6% and pay out 23.1% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

41.8% of shares of all “Passenger Airlines” companies are owned by institutional investors. 10.5% of shares of all “Passenger Airlines” companies are owned by 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 ANA and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
ANA	$16.87 billion	$1.12 billion	9.28
ANA Competitors	$14.59 billion	$637.69 million	18.56

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

Risk & Volatility

ANA has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ANA’s rivals have a beta of 17.40, indicating that their average stock price is 1,640% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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

About ANA

ANA Holdings Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides air transportation services in Japan and internationally. It operates through Air Transportation, Aviation-Related Business, Travel Business, and Trading Business segments. The Air Transportation segment offers regular and irregular air transport of passengers, cargo, etc. on domestic and international routes. The Aviation-Related Business segment provides services incidental to air transportation, such as airport handling and maintenance. The Travel Business develops and sells travel products, as well as plans and sells package travel products. The Trading Business imports and exports aviation-related materials, as well as sells through stores and mail-order channels. The company was formerly known as All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. and changed its name to ANA Holdings Inc. in April 2013. ANA Holdings Inc. was incorporated in 1920 and is headquartered in Minato, Japan.