HOPEWELL HOLDIN/ADR (OTCMKTS:HOWWY) and Dai Nippon Printing (OTCMKTS:DNPLY) Head-To-Head Comparison

HOPEWELL HOLDIN/ADR (OTCMKTS:HOWWY) and Dai Nippon Printing (OTCMKTS:DNPLY) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Dividends

HOPEWELL HOLDIN/ADR pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Dai Nippon Printing pays an annual dividend of $0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Dai Nippon Printing pays out 8.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Profitability

This table compares HOPEWELL HOLDIN/ADR and Dai Nippon Printing’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HOPEWELL HOLDIN/ADR	N/A	N/A	N/A
Dai Nippon Printing	7.94%	5.51%	3.46%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for HOPEWELL HOLDIN/ADR and Dai Nippon Printing, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HOPEWELL HOLDIN/ADR	0	0	0	0	N/A
Dai Nippon Printing	0	0	0	0	N/A

Volatility and Risk

HOPEWELL HOLDIN/ADR has a beta of 0.25, suggesting that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dai Nippon Printing has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares HOPEWELL HOLDIN/ADR and Dai Nippon Printing’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HOPEWELL HOLDIN/ADR	$253.58 million	16.46	$1.15 billion	N/A	N/A
Dai Nippon Printing	$9.87 billion	0.94	$768.41 million	$1.56	10.74

HOPEWELL HOLDIN/ADR has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Dai Nippon Printing.

Summary

Dai Nippon Printing beats HOPEWELL HOLDIN/ADR on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About HOPEWELL HOLDIN/ADR

Hopewell Holdings Limited (“HHL”), the Hong Kong-based group, was listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong in 1972. HHL and its subsidiaries are active in the fields of property development and investment, investment in infrastructure projects, hotel investment and management, restaurant operations and food catering.

About Dai Nippon Printing

Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. primarily engages in the printing business. The company's Information Communication segment offers books, including standard books, textbooks, dictionaries, e-books, and commemorative and memorial editions; magazines; digital marketing support services; BPR consulting and BPO services; information processing services; smart cards, payment-related services, card-related equipment, authentication and security services; and IC tags, holograms, business forms, catalogs, leaflets, brochures, calendars, point-of-purchase materials, and digital signage products, as well as operates events, stores, and contents. This segment also offers dye-sublimation thermal transfer materials; and thermal resin-type transfer printing media, as well as engages in the ID photo booth business; entertainment and amuse photo solutions; e-books sales and distribution; book sales; and library management. Its Lifestyle and Industrial Supplies segment provides packaging materials for products, such as foods, beverages, snacks, household items and medical supplies, cups, plastic bottles, laminated tubes, molded plastic containers, aseptic filling systems; interior and exterior materials for homes, stores, offices, vehicles, home appliances, and furniture; molded plastic parts for automobiles and metallic veneers; lithium-ion battery components; photovoltaic module components; transporting electronic component materials; and multifunctional insulation boxes. The company's Electronics segment offers optical films for displays; projection screens; metal masks; photomasks for making liquid crystal displays, touch panel components, and semiconductor products; lead frames; LSI design; hard disk suspensions; electronic modules; and micro electro mechanical systems. Its Beverages segment produces and sells carbonated, coffee, tea, fruit juice, functional, mineral water, and alcoholic beverages, etc. The company was founded in 1876 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.