Hollund Industrial Marine (OTCMKTS:HIMR) vs. Kawasaki Heavy Industries (OTCMKTS:KWHIY) Critical Analysis

Kawasaki Heavy Industries (OTCMKTS:KWHIY) and Hollund Industrial Marine (OTCMKTS:HIMR) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

Risk & Volatility

Kawasaki Heavy Industries has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hollund Industrial Marine has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Hollund Industrial Marine, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kawasaki Heavy Industries	0	1	0	1	3.00
Hollund Industrial Marine	0	0	0	0	0.00

Given Hollund Industrial Marine’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hollund Industrial Marine is more favorable than Kawasaki Heavy Industries.

Profitability

This table compares Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Hollund Industrial Marine’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kawasaki Heavy Industries	4.74%	13.65%	3.53%
Hollund Industrial Marine	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Hollund Industrial Marine”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kawasaki Heavy Industries	$13.98 billion	1.40	$580.81 million	$1.73	27.04
Hollund Industrial Marine	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Kawasaki Heavy Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Hollund Industrial Marine.

Summary

Kawasaki Heavy Industries beats Hollund Industrial Marine on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Kawasaki Heavy Industries

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. engages in aerospace systems, energy solution and marine engineering, precision machinery and robot, rolling stock, and motorcycle and engine businesses in Japan and internationally. It manufactures aircraft for the Japan ministry of defense; helicopters; and helicopter and jet engines for commercial aircrafts. The company also manufactures railway cars; a range of rolling stocks, including Shinkansen, electric cars, passenger coaches, freight cars, locomotives, diesel locomotives, and transit systems. In addition, it engages in the production and sale of energy-related machinery and systems, marine machinery and systems, industrial equipment, and environmental equipment. Further, the company manufactures and supplies motorcycles, off-road four wheelers, watercrafts, general-purpose gasoline engines, etc. Additionally, it manufactures and sells pumps, motors, valves, and various hydraulic machinery, as well as assembles hydraulic systems; and industrial robots for use in welding, assembly, handling, painting, and palletization for various industries, including automotive and electronics industries. The company was founded in 1878 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

About Hollund Industrial Marine

Hollund Industrial Marine, Inc., a development stage company, provides integrated project development services and solutions primarily for the underwater forest management. The company’s integrated project development services comprise resource and needs assessment, permitting, environmental and project planning, logging, milling, product branding, marketing, and sales. It also provides Tiger-Lynk machine system, a robot manipulator for heavy construction and repair, forest recovery, mining, flood emergency response, diver assistance, cutting, drilling, grappling, welding, dredging, raking, heavy transport, and other remote services. The company was formerly known as Hollund Industrial, Inc. and changed its name to Hollund Industrial Marine, Inc. in July 2008. Hollund Industrial Marine, Inc. is headquartered in Blaine, Washington.