Omron (OTCMKTS:OMRNY – Get Free Report) and Senstar Technologies (NASDAQ:SNT – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability and earnings.
Dividends
Omron pays an annual dividend of $0.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Senstar Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 49.7%. Omron pays out 44.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Senstar Technologies pays out 4,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
1.1% of Omron shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.7% of Senstar Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.3% of Senstar Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Omron and Senstar Technologies”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Omron | $5.10 billion | 1.44 | $188.01 million | $1.05 | 33.84 |
| Senstar Technologies | $36.80 million | 1.02 | $3.22 million | $0.02 | 80.50 |
Omron has higher revenue and earnings than Senstar Technologies. Omron is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Senstar Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk and Volatility
Omron has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Senstar Technologies has a beta of 2.3, suggesting that its share price is 130% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Omron and Senstar Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Omron | 4.04% | 3.68% | 2.42% |
| Senstar Technologies | 1.34% | 1.16% | 0.91% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Omron and Senstar Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Omron | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Senstar Technologies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Summary
Omron beats Senstar Technologies on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Omron
OMRON Corporation engages in industrial automation, device and module solutions, social systems, and healthcare businesses worldwide. The Industrial Automation Business offers sensors, switches, safety and control components, relays, motion and drives, robotics, energy conservation, power supplies, and automation system products. It also offers environmental mobility, digital devices, food and commodity, logistic and warehouse automation, medical, robotic, panel, vision, software, and traceability related solutions. The Social Systems, Solutions and Service Business provides energy, public transport, traffic safety, network protection, payment, infrastructure monitoring, management service, and DX solutions, as well as offers remote surveillance/monitoring, automation/robotics, software development, engineering/maintenance, and other services. The Healthcare Business provides cardiovascular, respiratory care, pain management, remote patient monitoring, and other solutions. The Device and Module Solutions Business offers relays, switches, connectors, and sensors. OMRON Corporation was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.
About Senstar Technologies
Senstar Technologies Corporation provides physical, video, and access control security products and solutions worldwide. It offers solutions for critical sites, which leverage its portfolio of perimeter intrusion detection systems, and video management software with intelligent video analytics security solutions, as well as access control products and technologies. The company's solutions and products are optimized for perimeter, outdoor, and general security applications. Its portfolio of critical infrastructure protection and site protection technologies includes various smart barriers and fences, fence mounted sensors, virtual gates, buried and concealed detection systems, and sensors for sub-surface intrusion, such as to secure pipelines, as well as video analytics software and video management systems. Senstar Technologies Corporation was incorporated in 1984 and is based in Ottawa, Canada.
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