Marui Group (OTCMKTS:MAURY) & Pola Orbis (OTCMKTS:PORBF) Head to Head Comparison

Pola Orbis (OTCMKTS:PORBF) and Marui Group (OTCMKTS:MAURY) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Pola Orbis and Marui Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pola Orbis	0	0	1	0	3.00
Marui Group	0	0	0	0	N/A

Volatility & Risk

Pola Orbis has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marui Group has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Pola Orbis and Marui Group’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pola Orbis	$1.24 billion	N/A	$68.93 million	$0.31	35.65
Marui Group	$1.61 billion	N/A	$158.90 million	$1.53	21.31

Marui Group has higher revenue and earnings than Pola Orbis. Marui Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pola Orbis, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Pola Orbis and Marui Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pola Orbis	5.69%	7.56%	6.30%
Marui Group	9.01%	7.93%	1.96%

Summary

Marui Group beats Pola Orbis on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Pola Orbis

Pola Orbis Holdings Inc., through its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and sells cosmetics and related products in Japan and internationally. It operates through Beauty Care and Real Estate segments. The Beauty Care segment offers cosmetics; skincare products; health foods; and fashion products, such as women's underwear, women's apparel, and jewelry under the POLA, ORBIS, Jurlique, H2O PLUS, THREE, DECENCIA, Amplitude, ITRIM, FIVEISM × THREE, and FUJIMI brand names. The Real Estate segment is involved in the leasing of office buildings and residential properties. The company also involves in the management and operation of buildings. It sells its products through department, directly operated retail, duty-free stores, Internet, and cosmetics stores, as well as through door-to-door sales, and mail-order sales. Pola Orbis Holdings Inc. was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

About Marui Group

Marui Group Co., Ltd., an investment holding company, engages in the retailing and FinTech businesses in Japan. The company engages in the design and construction of commercial facilities; advertising planning and production; property management; rental of real estate properties; small-amount short-term insurance policy business; and sale of investment trusts. It is also involved in the operation of websites; contract store opening and operation services; provision of credit card services; operation of Marui/Modi stores; investing and financing direct-to-consumer businesses; internet sales; specialty store; credit loan; collection and management of receivables; credit check; trucking and forwarding; software development; and operation of IT systems, and building management businesses. The company was founded in 1931 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.