AHKSF Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. has a net margin of 6.45% compared to Asahi Kasei Corp.'s net margin of 21.3%. Asahi Kasei Corp.'s return on equity of 7.68% beat Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.'s return on equity of 11.6%.

Asahi Kasei Corp. has a consensus price target of --, signalling downside risk potential of --. On the other hand Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. has an analysts' consensus of -- which suggests that it could fall by --. Given that Asahi Kasei Corp. has higher upside potential than Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd., analysts believe Asahi Kasei Corp. is more attractive than Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd..

Asahi Kasei Corp. has a beta of 0.504, which suggesting that the stock is 49.632% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. has a beta of 1.380, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 38.013%.

Asahi Kasei Corp. has a quarterly dividend of $0.14 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.12%. Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. offers a yield of 0% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.18 per share. Asahi Kasei Corp. pays 38.8% of its earnings as a dividend. Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. pays out 27.22% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Asahi Kasei Corp. quarterly revenues are $5.1B, which are larger than Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. quarterly revenues of $4.4B. Asahi Kasei Corp.'s net income of $327.4M is lower than Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.'s net income of $947.6M. Notably, Asahi Kasei Corp.'s price-to-earnings ratio is 12.54x while Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.'s PE ratio is 18.06x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Asahi Kasei Corp. is 0.58x versus 3.60x for Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. has a net margin of 6.45% compared to Asahi Kasei Corp.'s net margin of 15.29%. Asahi Kasei Corp.'s return on equity of 7.68% beat Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.'s return on equity of 13.76%.

Asahi Kasei Corp. has a consensus price target of --, signalling downside risk potential of --. On the other hand Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. has an analysts' consensus of -- which suggests that it could fall by --. Given that Asahi Kasei Corp. has higher upside potential than Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., analysts believe Asahi Kasei Corp. is more attractive than Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd..

Asahi Kasei Corp. has a beta of 0.504, which suggesting that the stock is 49.632% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. has a beta of 0.264, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 73.639%.

Asahi Kasei Corp. has a quarterly dividend of $0.14 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.12%. Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. offers a yield of 0% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.21 per share. Asahi Kasei Corp. pays 38.8% of its earnings as a dividend. Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. pays out 27.15% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Asahi Kasei Corp. quarterly revenues are $5.1B, which are larger than Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. quarterly revenues of $3.9B. Asahi Kasei Corp.'s net income of $327.4M is lower than Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.'s net income of $590.3M. Notably, Asahi Kasei Corp.'s price-to-earnings ratio is 12.54x while Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.'s PE ratio is 8.50x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Asahi Kasei Corp. is 0.58x versus 0.29x for Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. has a net margin of 6.45% compared to Asahi Kasei Corp.'s net margin of 7.53%. Asahi Kasei Corp.'s return on equity of 7.68% beat Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd.'s return on equity of 7.11%.

Asahi Kasei Corp. has a consensus price target of --, signalling downside risk potential of --. On the other hand Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. has an analysts' consensus of -- which suggests that it could fall by --. Given that Asahi Kasei Corp. has higher upside potential than Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd., analysts believe Asahi Kasei Corp. is more attractive than Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd..

Asahi Kasei Corp. has a beta of 0.504, which suggesting that the stock is 49.632% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. has a beta of 0.025, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 97.453%.

Asahi Kasei Corp. has a quarterly dividend of $0.14 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.12%. Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. offers a yield of 3% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.40 per share. Asahi Kasei Corp. pays 38.8% of its earnings as a dividend. Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. pays out 44.38% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Asahi Kasei Corp. quarterly revenues are $5.1B, which are larger than Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. quarterly revenues of $367.8M. Asahi Kasei Corp.'s net income of $327.4M is higher than Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd.'s net income of $27.7M. Notably, Asahi Kasei Corp.'s price-to-earnings ratio is 12.54x while Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd.'s PE ratio is 9.68x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Asahi Kasei Corp. is 0.58x versus 0.61x for Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd.. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Taiheiyo Cement Corp. has a net margin of 6.45% compared to Asahi Kasei Corp.'s net margin of 7.88%. Asahi Kasei Corp.'s return on equity of 7.68% beat Taiheiyo Cement Corp.'s return on equity of 7.95%.

Asahi Kasei Corp. has a consensus price target of --, signalling downside risk potential of --. On the other hand Taiheiyo Cement Corp. has an analysts' consensus of -- which suggests that it could fall by --. Given that Asahi Kasei Corp. has higher upside potential than Taiheiyo Cement Corp., analysts believe Asahi Kasei Corp. is more attractive than Taiheiyo Cement Corp..

Asahi Kasei Corp. has a beta of 0.504, which suggesting that the stock is 49.632% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Taiheiyo Cement Corp. has a beta of 0.173, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 82.678%.

Asahi Kasei Corp. has a quarterly dividend of $0.14 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.12%. Taiheiyo Cement Corp. offers a yield of 0% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.07 per share. Asahi Kasei Corp. pays 38.8% of its earnings as a dividend. Taiheiyo Cement Corp. pays out 10.53% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Asahi Kasei Corp. quarterly revenues are $5.1B, which are larger than Taiheiyo Cement Corp. quarterly revenues of $1.5B. Asahi Kasei Corp.'s net income of $327.4M is higher than Taiheiyo Cement Corp.'s net income of $121.3M. Notably, Asahi Kasei Corp.'s price-to-earnings ratio is 12.54x while Taiheiyo Cement Corp.'s PE ratio is 7.90x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Asahi Kasei Corp. is 0.58x versus 0.46x for Taiheiyo Cement Corp.. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.