Head to Head Contrast: Samsung Electronics (OTCMKTS:SSNLF) versus Everpure (NYSE:P)

Samsung Electronics (OTCMKTS:SSNLF) and Everpure (NYSE:P) are both large-cap technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and risk.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Samsung Electronics and Everpure”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Samsung Electronics	$197.69 billion	0.09	$18.45 billion	$2.68	52.24
Everpure	$3.66 billion	9.34	$188.18 million	$0.66	155.92

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.0% of Samsung Electronics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.4% of Everpure shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Everpure shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Samsung Electronics and Everpure’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Samsung Electronics	9.12%	N/A	N/A
Everpure	5.75%	15.97%	5.07%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Samsung Electronics and Everpure, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Samsung Electronics	0	2	0	1	2.67
Everpure	1	4	16	0	2.71

Everpure has a consensus target price of $108.30, indicating a potential upside of 5.24%. Given Everpure’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Everpure is more favorable than Samsung Electronics.

Risk and Volatility

Samsung Electronics has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Everpure has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Everpure beats Samsung Electronics on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Samsung Electronics

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. engages in the consumer electronics, information technology and mobile communications, and device solutions businesses worldwide. The company offers smartphones, tablets, watches, and accessories; TVs, projectors, and sound devices; home appliances, including refrigerators, washing machines and dryers, vacuum cleaners, cooking appliances, dishwashers, air conditioners, and air purifiers; monitors and memory storage products; displays, and smart and LED signages; and other accessories. It also engages in venture capital investments, cloud services, network devices installation, semiconductor equipment maintenance services, digital advertising platforms, marketing, consulting, connected services, logistics, financing, and software design activities; toll processing of display panels and semiconductors; development and sale of network solutions; manufactures semiconductors and food; provision of repair services for electronic devices; and development and supply of semiconductor process defect and quality control software, as well as digital televisions, foundry, system large scale integration, connected car systems, audio and visual products, enterprise automation solutions, and connected services. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. was incorporated in 1969 and is based in Suwon, South Korea.

About Everpure

Pure Storage, Inc. provides data storage technologies, products, and services in the United States and internationally. The company’s Purity software is shared across its products and provides enterprise-class data services, such as data reduction, data protection, and encryption, as well as storage protocols, including block, file, and object. Its products portfolio includes FlashArray for block-oriented storage, addressing databases, applications, virtual machines, and other traditional workloads; FlashArray//XL; and FlashArray//C, an all-QLC flash array. The company also provides FlashBlade, a solution for unstructured data workloads of various types; FlashStack that combines compute, network, and storage to provide an infrastructure platform; FlashRecover, an all-flash modern data-protection solution; and AIRI, a full-stack AI-ready infrastructure. In addition, it offers evergreen storage subscription, Pure as-a-Service, and Cloud Block Store, as well as Portworx a cloud-native Kubernetes data management solution It also offers technical and professional, training and education, and certification services. The company sells its products and subscription services through direct sales force and channel partners. The company was formerly known as OS76, Inc. and changed its name to Pure Storage, Inc. in January 2010. Pure Storage, Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.