ams-OSRAM (OTCMKTS:AMSSY) versus Rohm (OTCMKTS:ROHCY) Financial Survey

ams-OSRAM (OTCMKTS:AMSSY) and Rohm (OTCMKTS:ROHCY) are both mid-cap technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, earnings and risk.

Risk and Volatility

ams-OSRAM has a beta of 1.79, meaning that its stock price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rohm has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

ams-OSRAM pays an annual dividend of $0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Rohm pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. ams-OSRAM pays out -6.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Rohm pays out -7.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Profitability

This table compares ams-OSRAM and Rohm’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ams-OSRAM	-9.74%	-7.58%	-1.01%
Rohm	-29.85%	4.39%	2.70%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for ams-OSRAM and Rohm, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ams-OSRAM	0	2	1	0	2.33
Rohm	0	1	1	0	2.50

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares ams-OSRAM and Rohm”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ams-OSRAM	$3.76 billion	0.54	-$147.08 million	($1.91)	-5.29
Rohm	$3.20 billion	2.64	-$1.05 billion	($2.57)	-8.51

ams-OSRAM has higher revenue and earnings than Rohm. Rohm is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ams-OSRAM, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

About ams-OSRAM

ams-OSRAM AG designs, manufactures, and sells LED and optical sensor solutions in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and Asia/Pacific. The company operates in Semiconductors and Lamps & Systems segments. The Semiconductors segment offers semiconductor-based products and solutions, such as high-performance LEDs, lasers, and optical sensors for automotive, consumer, and industrial and medical technology end markets. The Lamps & Systems segment provides lamps and lighting systems for the automotive, industrial, and medical end markets. The company was formerly known as ams AG and changed its name to ams-OSRAM AG in January 2022. ams-OSRAM AG is headquartered in Premstätten, Austria.

About Rohm

ROHM Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells electronic components worldwide. The company operates through three segments: LSI, Semiconductor Devices, and Modules. It provides ICs comprising memory, amplifiers and linear, power management, motor/actuator drivers, resistors, clocks and timers, switches and multiplexers, logic, data converters, sensors and MEMS, display drivers, interfaces, wireless LSIs, audio and video products, speech synthesis LSI, and microcontrollers. The company also offers discrete semiconductor products, such as MOSFETs, bipolar transistors, and diodes; power devices, including power transistors and diodes, SiC power devices, IGBT, and IPM; modules, including optical modules, wireless communication modules, wireless charger modules, and print heads; and opto devices comprising LEDs, LED displays, laser diodes, and optical sensors, as well as foundry services, including thin-film piezoelectric MEMS, wafers, and WL-CSP. Its products are used in industry, automotive, consumer electronics, and telecommunications applications. The company was incorporated in 1940 and is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.