Omron (OTCMKTS:OMRNY) vs. Senstar Technologies (NASDAQ:SNT) Head to Head Review

Senstar Technologies (NASDAQ:SNT) and Omron (OTCMKTS:OMRNY) are both technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

20.7% of Senstar Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.1% of Omron shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.4% of Senstar Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Senstar Technologies and Omron, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Senstar Technologies	1	0	0	0	1.00
Omron	0	2	0	0	2.00

Profitability

This table compares Senstar Technologies and Omron’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Senstar Technologies	1.34%	1.16%	0.91%
Omron	4.04%	3.68%	2.42%

Volatility and Risk

Senstar Technologies has a beta of 2.31, indicating that its share price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Omron has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Senstar Technologies and Omron”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Senstar Technologies	$36.37 million	0.97	$3.22 million	$0.02	75.95
Omron	$5.10 billion	1.33	$188.01 million	$1.05	31.26

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

Summary

Omron beats Senstar Technologies on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Senstar Technologies

Senstar Technologies Corporation provides physical, video, and access control security products and solutions worldwide. It offers solutions for critical sites, which leverage its portfolio of perimeter intrusion detection systems, and video management software with intelligent video analytics security solutions, as well as access control products and technologies. The company's solutions and products are optimized for perimeter, outdoor, and general security applications. Its portfolio of critical infrastructure protection and site protection technologies includes various smart barriers and fences, fence mounted sensors, virtual gates, buried and concealed detection systems, and sensors for sub-surface intrusion, such as to secure pipelines, as well as video analytics software and video management systems. Senstar Technologies Corporation was incorporated in 1984 and is based in Ottawa, Canada.

About Omron

OMRON Corporation engages in industrial automation, device and module solutions, social systems, and healthcare businesses worldwide. The Industrial Automation Business offers sensors, switches, safety and control components, relays, motion and drives, robotics, energy conservation, power supplies, and automation system products. It also offers environmental mobility, digital devices, food and commodity, logistic and warehouse automation, medical, robotic, panel, vision, software, and traceability related solutions. The Social Systems, Solutions and Service Business provides energy, public transport, traffic safety, network protection, payment, infrastructure monitoring, management service, and DX solutions, as well as offers remote surveillance/monitoring, automation/robotics, software development, engineering/maintenance, and other services. The Healthcare Business provides cardiovascular, respiratory care, pain management, remote patient monitoring, and other solutions. The Device and Module Solutions Business offers relays, switches, connectors, and sensors. OMRON Corporation was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.