Eurofins Scientific (OTCMKTS:ERFSF) versus Shimano (OTCMKTS:SMNNY) Head-To-Head Analysis

Shimano (OTCMKTS:SMNNY) and Eurofins Scientific (OTCMKTS:ERFSF) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Volatility and Risk

Shimano has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eurofins Scientific has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Shimano and Eurofins Scientific, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Shimano	0	0	0	0	0.00
Eurofins Scientific	0	0	0	1	4.00

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.0% of Shimano shares are owned by institutional investors. 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.

Profitability

This table compares Shimano and Eurofins Scientific’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shimano	9.65%	5.14%	4.73%
Eurofins Scientific	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Shimano and Eurofins Scientific”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Shimano	$3.38 billion	3.54	$434.11 million	$0.31	43.26
Eurofins Scientific	$7.05 billion	1.39	$335.48 million	N/A	N/A

Shimano has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Eurofins Scientific.

Summary

Shimano beats Eurofins Scientific on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Shimano

Shimano Inc. develops, produces, and distributes bicycle components, fishing tackles, and rowing equipment. It has operations in Japan, Asia, Europe, North America, Latin America, and Oceania. Shimano Inc. was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in Sakai, Japan.

About Eurofins Scientific

Eurofins Scientific SE, together with its subsidiaries, provides various analytical testing and laboratory services worldwide. The company offers a portfolio of various analytical methods and tests to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability, and purity of various products. It provides services such as agroscience, including biological assessment, consumer and human, and environmental safety, product chemistry, regulatory consultancy, and seed services; agro testing; assurance, such as product inspection, auditing, certification, training and consultation of food, consumer products, healthcare and cosmetics, and food supplements; biopharma, and clinical diagnostics. In addition, the company offers consumer product testing, which include sustainability, expert services and regulatory, consumer research and sensory evaluation, audits, testing, certifications and approvals, inspections, and training courses for various industries; cosmetics and personal care; environment testing, including water, air, soil, waste, and other products testing; and food and feed testing that include allergen, GMO, grain, meat, nano material, pesticides, and residual DNA testing. Further, it offers audit and certification, training and consulting; food irradiation and labelling, heavy metals, carbohydrates, radioactivity, nutritional analysis, microbiolody, and testing for persistent organic pollutants, veterinary drug residue, dioxins and organic contaminants, pesticides, mycotoxins, and vitamins, as well as analyses for genetic modifications. Additionally, the company provides forensic, genomic, maritime, materials and engineering, REACH, and other services. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.