Contrasting Assa Abloy (OTC:ASAZY) & OMV Aktiengesellschaft (OTCMKTS:OMVJF)

Assa Abloy (OTC:ASAZY) and OMV Aktiengesellschaft (OTCMKTS:OMVJF) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and risk.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Assa Abloy and OMV Aktiengesellschaft”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Assa Abloy	$14.20 billion	2.46	$1.48 billion	$0.67	23.43
OMV Aktiengesellschaft	$43.86 billion	0.30	$1.68 billion	$5.17	7.70

OMV Aktiengesellschaft has higher revenue and earnings than Assa Abloy. OMV Aktiengesellschaft is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Assa Abloy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Assa Abloy and OMV Aktiengesellschaft’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Assa Abloy	10.38%	15.25%	7.26%
OMV Aktiengesellschaft	4.25%	8.95%	4.50%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Assa Abloy and OMV Aktiengesellschaft, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Assa Abloy	1	0	0	0	1.00
OMV Aktiengesellschaft	0	1	0	1	3.00

Volatility & Risk

Assa Abloy has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OMV Aktiengesellschaft has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Assa Abloy beats OMV Aktiengesellschaft on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Assa Abloy

ASSA ABLOY AB (publ) provides door opening and access products, solutions, and services for the institutional, commercial, and residential markets in Europe, the Middle East, India, Africa, North and South America, Asia, and Oceania. The company provides digital access solutions, such as electronic access control ecosystem, wireless solutions, electronic key solutions, standalone access solutions, and wired solutions; swing, revolving, and sliding doors; mechanical products, including hinges, lever handles, mortise lockcases, euro profile cylinders, panic exit devices, door closers, floor spring, and general hardware; and doors. It offers Openings Studio, a building information modeling software ecosystem is collaboration tool for designing, documenting, and managing openings. The company provides its products primarily under the ASSA ABLOY, Yale, and HID brands. It sells its products through distributors and wholesalers. The company serves aviation, education, distribution and logistics, entertainment and public facility, finance and banking, government and military, healthcare, hospitality, manufacturing, mining, office and enterprise, homes and residence, retail, shipyards, and transportation industries. ASSA ABLOY AB (publ) was incorporated in 1954 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

About OMV Aktiengesellschaft

OMV Aktiengesellschaft operates as an energy and chemicals company in Austria, Germany, Romania, Norway, Belgium, New Zealand, the United Arab Emirates, the rest of Central and Eastern Europe, the rest of Europe, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Chemicals & Materials, Fuels & Feedstock, and Energy. The company engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas in the regions of Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the North Sea, and the Asia Pacific; and refining and marketing of fuels and feedstock, as well as supply, marketing, trading, and logistics of gas in Romania and Turkey. In addition, the company provides advanced and circular polyolefin solutions, and base chemicals, as well as engages in the recycling of plastics. It has refineries in Europe, Schwechat, and Burghausen; filling stations in eight European countries; and gas storage facilities in Austria and Germany, as well as a gas-fired power plant in Romania. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.