Reviewing Ck Hutchison (OTCMKTS:CKHUY) and National Presto Industries (NYSE:NPK)

National Presto Industries (NYSE:NPK) and Ck Hutchison (OTCMKTS:CKHUY) are both multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and earnings.

Dividends

National Presto Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Ck Hutchison pays an annual dividend of $0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. National Presto Industries pays out 18.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

58.6% of National Presto Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 28.0% of National Presto Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares National Presto Industries and Ck Hutchison”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
National Presto Industries	$474.24 million	1.91	$41.46 million	$5.44	23.25
Ck Hutchison	$36.07 billion	0.87	$2.19 billion	N/A	N/A

Ck Hutchison has higher revenue and earnings than National Presto Industries.

Risk and Volatility

National Presto Industries has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ck Hutchison has a beta of 0.33, indicating that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares National Presto Industries and Ck Hutchison’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
National Presto Industries	8.18%	10.42%	8.24%
Ck Hutchison	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for National Presto Industries and Ck Hutchison, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
National Presto Industries	0	0	1	0	3.00
Ck Hutchison	0	0	0	1	4.00

Summary

National Presto Industries beats Ck Hutchison on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About National Presto Industries

National Presto Industries, Inc. provides housewares and small appliance, defense, and safety products in North America. The company’s Housewares/Small Appliance segment designs, markets, and distributes housewares and small electrical appliances, including pressure cookers and canners; heat control line of skillets, griddles, woks, and multi-purpose cookers; slow cookers; deep fryers; air fryers; waffle makers; pizza ovens; slicer/shredders; electric heaters; hot air, oil, and microwave corn poppers; dehydrators; vacuum sealers; rice cookers; microwave bacon cookers; egg cookers; coffeemakers and coffeemaker accessories; electric knife sharpeners; and timers under the Presto Control Master brand. This segment sells its products directly to retailers, as well as through independent distributors. Its Defense segment manufactures and sells 40mm ammunition, precision mechanical and electro-mechanical products, medium caliber cartridge cases; and metal parts; and detonators, booster pellets, release cartridges, lead azide, and other military energetic devices and materials. This segment primarily serves the United States Department of Defense (DOD) and DOD prime contractors. The company’s Safety segment patents machine learning, digital sensors, and cloud-based technology to monitor freezers and refrigerators that detects and alerts users to potential safety issues around pharmaceuticals and food. National Presto Industries, Inc. was founded in 1905 and is based in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

About Ck Hutchison

CK Hutchison Holdings Limited, an investment holding company, primarily operates in ports and related services, retail, infrastructure, and telecommunications businesses in Hong Kong and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Ports and Related Services, Retail, Infrastructure, and Telecommunications. It invests in, develops, and operates ports, which operate 293 berths in 53 ports spanning 24 countries; and provides logistics and transportation-related services, such as cruise ship terminals, distribution centers, rail services, and ship repair facilities. The company also operates retail brands with stores that offer personal care, health and beauty products, food and fine wines, consumer electronics, and electrical appliances, as well as operates supermarkets under Watsons, PARKnSHOP, and FORTRESS brands; and manufactures and distributes bottled water and other beverages under the Watsons Water and Mr. Juicy brands. In addition, it invests in energy infrastructure, transportation infrastructure, water infrastructure, waste management, waste-to-energy, household infrastructure, and other infrastructure related businesses. Further, the company provides mobile telecommunications and data services, as well as operates as an integrated energy company. Additionally, it researches, develops, manufactures, commercializes, markets, and sells nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, and agriculture-related products; provides marine construction and ship repair yard, general engineering, and tug operations, water supply and sewerage, electricity generation and distribution, gas distribution, and aircraft maintenance services; and leases rolling stocks. The company was founded in 1828 and is based in Central, Hong Kong.