Mitsubishi Electric (OTCMKTS:MIELF) & Daktronics (NASDAQ:DAKT) Head to Head Review

Daktronics (NASDAQ:DAKT) and Mitsubishi Electric (OTCMKTS:MIELF) are both manufacturing companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares Daktronics and Mitsubishi Electric’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Daktronics	1.51%	14.64%	7.47%
Mitsubishi Electric	N/A	N/A	N/A

Dividends

Daktronics pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Mitsubishi Electric pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Mitsubishi Electric pays out 26.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Daktronics and Mitsubishi Electric, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Daktronics	0	1	1	1	3.00
Mitsubishi Electric	0	0	0	0	0.00

Daktronics presently has a consensus target price of $26.00, indicating a potential upside of 38.37%. Given Daktronics’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Daktronics is more favorable than Mitsubishi Electric.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

61.7% of Daktronics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Mitsubishi Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Daktronics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

Daktronics has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mitsubishi Electric has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Daktronics and Mitsubishi Electric”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Daktronics	$749.36 million	1.22	-$10.12 million	N/A	N/A
Mitsubishi Electric	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.94	30.61

Mitsubishi Electric has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Daktronics.

Summary

Daktronics beats Mitsubishi Electric on 14 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Daktronics

Daktronics, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells electronic scoreboards, programmable display systems and large screen video displays for sporting, commercial, and transportation applications in the United States and internationally. It operates through Commercial, Live Events, High School Park and Recreation, Transportation, and International segments. The company also offers video display and walls; scoreboards and timing systems; LED message displays and sings; intelligent transportation systems dynamic message signs; mass transit display; sound systems; and digital billboards and street furniture, and digit and price displays. In addition, it provides indoor dynamic messaging systems and liquid crystal display signs; and software and controllers, which includes Venus, a control suite software to control the creation of messages and graphic sequences for uploading to displays. The company sells its products through direct sales and resellers. Daktronics, Inc. was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Brookings, South Dakota.

About Mitsubishi Electric

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation develops, manufactures, distributes, and sells electrical and electronic equipment worldwide. The company operates through five segments: Infrastructure, Industry Mobility, Life, Business Platform, and Other Businesses. It offers turbine generators, nuclear power plant and power electronics equipment, motors, transformers, circuit breakers, gas insulated switchgears, switch controls, surveillance-system control and security systems, transmission and distribution ICT systems, large display devices, locomotive and rolling stock electrical equipment, wireless and wired communications systems, network camera systems, elevators, escalators, building security and management systems, and others. The company also provides programmable logic controllers, inverters, servomotors, hoists, magnetic switches, circuit breakers, time and power meters, uninterruptible power supply, industrial fans, computerized numerical controllers, electrical-discharge and laser processing machines, industrial robots, clutches, automotive electrical equipment, electric powertrain systems, car electronics and mechatronics, and others. In addition, it offers satellite communications and radar equipment, satellites, antennas, missile and fire control systems, broadcasting and information systems equipment, network security systems, and systems integration products; and power modules, and power modules, optical and LCD devices, and others. Further, the company provides air conditioners, chillers, showcases, compressors, refrigeration units, air-to-water heat pump boilers, ventilators, hot water supply systems, IH cooking heaters, LED bulbs, indoor lighting, LCD televisions, refrigerators, electric fans, dehumidifiers, air purifiers, vacuum cleaners, jar rice cookers, microwave ovens, and others. Additionally, it offers procurement, logistics, real estate, advertising, finance, and other services. The company was incorporated in 1921 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.