Contrasting ARKEMA/S (OTCMKTS:ARKAY) & BPOST SA/ADR (OTCMKTS:BPOSY)

BPOST SA/ADR (OTCMKTS:BPOSY) and ARKEMA/S (OTCMKTS:ARKAY) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Dividends

BPOST SA/ADR pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. ARKEMA/S pays an annual dividend of $2.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. ARKEMA/S pays out 20.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Profitability

This table compares BPOST SA/ADR and ARKEMA/S’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BPOST SA/ADR	6.21%	30.88%	6.56%
ARKEMA/S	6.68%	12.26%	6.10%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares BPOST SA/ADR and ARKEMA/S’s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BPOST SA/ADR	$4.46 billion	0.44	$312.73 million	N/A	N/A
ARKEMA/S	$10.41 billion	0.67	$834.97 million	$11.21	8.13

ARKEMA/S has higher revenue and earnings than BPOST SA/ADR.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for BPOST SA/ADR and ARKEMA/S, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BPOST SA/ADR	1	0	0	0	1.00
ARKEMA/S	0	2	0	0	2.00

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.5% of ARKEMA/S shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

BPOST SA/ADR has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ARKEMA/S has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

ARKEMA/S beats BPOST SA/ADR on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

BPOST SA/ADR Company Profile

bpost SA/NV, together with its subsidiaries, provides mail and parcel services in Belgium and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Mail & Retail Solutions, and Parcels & Logistics. Its mail and parcels services include collection, transport, sorting, and distribution of addressed and non-addressed mail, printed documents, newspapers, and parcels, as well as e-commerce logistics, express delivery, proximity and convenience, document management, and related services. The company also offers transactional mails, advertising mails, press, domestic and international parcels, logistic solutions, value-added services, international mails, banking and financial products, insurance, and distribution products. It serves big customers, private and public customers, self-employed workers, small and medium businesses, and residential customers, as well as customers using mass market channels, such as the post offices, the Post Points, point of sales of Ubiway, or the bpost’s e-Shop to purchase their mail, press, and other products. The company is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

ARKEMA/S Company Profile

Arkema S.A. manufactures and sells specialty chemicals and advanced materials worldwide. It operates through three segments: High Performance Materials, Industrial Specialties, and Coating Solutions. Its products include acrylics, coating resins, electroactive polymers, fluorochemicals, fluoropolymers, functional polyolefins, hydrazine hydrate, hydrogen peroxide, molecular sieves, organic peroxide, oxygenated solvents, poly-ether-ketone-ketone polyetherketoneketone, plastic additives, polymethyl methacrylate resins and sheets, rheology additives, solutions for glass coating, specialty adhesives, specialty polyamides, surfactants and additives, technical fluids, and thiochemicals. The company also offers UV, LED, EB curable resins, specialty acrylates. Its high performance materials solutions are used in various sectors, such as transport, oil extraction, renewable energies, consumer goods, electronics, construction, coatings and water treatment; and products are used in the production of refrigeration and air conditioning, petrochemicals, refining, paper pulp, animal nutrition, electronics, and the automotive industry. The company offers coating solutions for decorative paints, industrial coatings, adhesives, and acrylic applications. The company was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Colombes, France.

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