SiteOne Landscape Supply (NYSE:SITE) versus JE Cleantech (NASDAQ:JCSE) Critical Survey

SiteOne Landscape Supply (NYSE:SITE) and JE Cleantech (NASDAQ:JCSE) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for SiteOne Landscape Supply and JE Cleantech, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SiteOne Landscape Supply	1	7	5	0	2.31
JE Cleantech	1	0	0	0	1.00

SiteOne Landscape Supply presently has a consensus target price of $148.50, suggesting a potential upside of 22.36%. Given SiteOne Landscape Supply’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe SiteOne Landscape Supply is more favorable than JE Cleantech.

Profitability

This table compares SiteOne Landscape Supply and JE Cleantech’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SiteOne Landscape Supply	2.69%	7.80%	3.88%
JE Cleantech	N/A	N/A	N/A

Risk & Volatility

SiteOne Landscape Supply has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JE Cleantech has a beta of 0.21, suggesting that its share price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.0% of JE Cleantech shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of SiteOne Landscape Supply shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 64.0% of JE Cleantech shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares SiteOne Landscape Supply and JE Cleantech”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SiteOne Landscape Supply	$4.54 billion	1.19	$123.60 million	$2.74	44.29
JE Cleantech	$14.11 million	0.51	$30,000.00	N/A	N/A

SiteOne Landscape Supply has higher revenue and earnings than JE Cleantech.

Summary

SiteOne Landscape Supply beats JE Cleantech on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About SiteOne Landscape Supply

SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the wholesale distribution of landscape supplies in the United States and Canada. The company provides irrigation products, including controllers, valves, sprinkler heads, irrigation pipes, micro irrigation, and drip products; fertilizer, grass seed, and ice melt products; control products, such as herbicides, fungicides, rodenticides, and other pesticides; landscape accessories that include mulches, soil amendments, drainage pipes, tools, and sods; nursery goods, which consist of deciduous and evergreen shrubs, ornamental, shade, evergreen trees, field grown and container-grown nursery stock, roses, perennials, annuals, bulbs, and plant species and cultivars; hardscapes, such as pavers, natural stones, blocks, and other durable materials; and outdoor lighting products that include lighting fixtures, LED lamps, wires, transformers, and accessories. It also offers consultative services consisting of assistance with irrigation project take-offs, commercial project planning, generation of sales leads, business operations, and product support services, as well as a series of technical and business management seminars; and distributes branded products of third parties. The company offers its products under the LESCO, SiteOne Green Tech, and Pro-Trade brand names. It markets its products primarily to residential and commercial landscape professionals who specializes in the design, installation, and maintenance of lawns, gardens, golf courses, and other outdoor spaces through branch network and direct distribution. SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Roswell, Georgia.

About JE Cleantech

JE Cleantech Holdings Limited, an investment holding company, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells cleaning systems for various industrial end-use applications in Singapore, Malaysia, and internationally. It provides various cleaning systems and other equipment, including aqueous washing systems, plating and cleaning systems, train cleaning systems, and filtration units, as well as equipment parts and components. The company also offers centralized dishwashing services for food and beverage establishments, such as food courts, hawker centers, restaurants, cookhouses, eldercare homes, and inflight catering service provider, as well as general cleaning services for food courts and hawker centers. In addition, it leases dishware washing equipment. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Singapore. JE Cleantech Holdings Limited is a subsidiary of JE Cleantech Global Limited.