Contrasting BELIMO (BLHWF) & Its Competitors

BELIMO (OTCMKTS:BLHWF) is one of 94 publicly-traded companies in the “Building Products” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare BELIMO to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares BELIMO and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
BELIMO	N/A	N/A	11.71
BELIMO Competitors	$3.98 billion	$4.66 billion	53.10

BELIMO’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than BELIMO. BELIMO is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares BELIMO and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BELIMO	N/A	N/A	N/A
BELIMO Competitors	3.28%	39.84%	5.03%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for BELIMO and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BELIMO	0	1	4	0	2.80
BELIMO Competitors	695	3775	4897	221	2.48

As a group, “Building Products” companies have a potential upside of 16.56%. Given BELIMO’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BELIMO has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

35.4% of BELIMO shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.6% of shares of all “Building Products” companies are held by institutional investors. 10.3% of shares of all “Building Products” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

BELIMO pays an annual dividend of $65.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. BELIMO pays out 63.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Building Products” companies pay a dividend yield of 6.5% and pay out 37.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. BELIMO lags its rivals as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Summary

BELIMO rivals beat BELIMO on 11 of the 13 factors compared.

About BELIMO

BELIMO Holding AG, together with its subsidiaries, develops, produces, distributes, and sells damper actuators, control valves, sensors, and meters for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and the Asia Pacific. It offers HVAC damper actuators, including non fail-safe and fail safe actuators; fast running and linear actuators; fire damper and smoke control actuators; variable air volume; valve actuators; actuators for harsh environmental conditions; and damper actuator accessories. The company also provides various control valves, such as energy, pressure independent control, zone, characterised control, ball, and butterfly valves; valve actuators, as well as electrical and mechanical valve accessories. In addition, it offers measurement and monitoring sensors and meters, which include duct and outdoor sensors for air; water pipe sensors; room units; gas monitoring devices; and thermal and energy meters, as well as sensors accessories consisting of thermowells, mounting plates, brackets, and clamps, and various adaptor connectors. Further, the company provides systems solutions that includes energy valve, internet of things actuators, air flow and pressure control, ZoneEase variable air volume, and system mechanical accessories, and terminal cover. BELIMO Holding AG was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Hinwil, Switzerland.