Square Enix (OTCMKTS:SQNXF – Get Free Report) and Arkema (OTCMKTS:ARKAY – Get Free Report) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.
Volatility & Risk
Square Enix has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arkema has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Square Enix and Arkema’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Square Enix | $2.47 billion | N/A | $102.89 million | $0.88 | 39.93 |
Arkema | $10.30 billion | 0.68 | $452.40 million | $5.06 | 18.32 |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current recommendations for Square Enix and Arkema, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Square Enix | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Arkema | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Profitability
This table compares Square Enix and Arkema’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Square Enix | 5.61% | 13.12% | 10.25% |
Arkema | 3.80% | 8.24% | 4.34% |
Summary
Arkema beats Square Enix on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Square Enix
Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd. operates in the content and service businesses in Japan and internationally. It operates through Digital Entertainment Business, Amusement Business, Publishing Business, and Rights Property Business. The company plans, develops, sells, and manages digital entertainment content primarily in the form of computer games. It is also involved in the operation of amusement facilities; and planning, development, manufacture, sale, and rental of arcade game machines and related products for amusement facilities. In addition, the company publishes and licenses comic books, magazines, game-related books, periodicals, etc. Further, it plans, produces, distributes, and licenses secondary works; and offers content under the SQUARE ENIX PRODUCTS brand; and stuffed toys and utility goods under the SQEX TOYS brand. The company was incorporated in 1975 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
About Arkema
Arkema S.A. manufactures and sells specialty chemicals and advanced materials worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Adhesive Solutions, Advanced Materials and Coating Solutions, and Intermediates. The Adhesive Solutions segment provides solutions for construction, renovation of buildings, DIY, durable goods, and packaging and non-woven applications; and supplies technologies used in building activities for businesses and individuals, including sealants, tiles, flooring adhesives and waterproofing systems, and technologies used in industry, which include automotive, textiles, glazing, flexible and rigid packaging, and hygiene markets. This segment also offers performance polymers, such as specialty polyamides, PVDF, polyimides, fluorospecialties, and polyetherketoneketone; and performance additives which includes molecular sieves, organic peroxides, thiochemicals, and hydrogen peroxide. The Advance Materials and Coating Solutions segment offers coating solutions, including comprising EU/US acrylics and coating resins; coating additives, such as sartomer photocure resins and coatex rheology additives. This segment also provides decorative paints, industrial coatings, and adhesives; and solutions for applications in the paper, superabsorbent, water treatment and oil and gas extraction, and 3D printing and electronics industries. The Intermediates segment provides fluorogases and acrylics; and industrial intermediate chemicals used in construction, refrigeration and air conditioning, automotive, coatings, and water treatment sectors. Arkema S.A. was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Colombes, France.
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