Kawasaki Heavy Industries (OTCMKTS:KWHIY) versus Poxel (OTCMKTS:PXXLF) Critical Analysis

Kawasaki Heavy Industries (OTCMKTS:KWHIY) and Poxel (OTCMKTS:PXXLF) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Poxel, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kawasaki Heavy Industries	0	0	0	1	4.00
Poxel	0	0	0	0	0.00

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Poxel”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kawasaki Heavy Industries	$12.81 billion	0.61	$175.11 million	$1.32	14.08
Poxel	$710,000.00	10.19	-$33.08 million	N/A	N/A

Kawasaki Heavy Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Poxel.

Profitability

This table compares Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Poxel’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kawasaki Heavy Industries	4.09%	12.40%	2.97%
Poxel	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility and Risk

Kawasaki Heavy Industries has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Poxel has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Kawasaki Heavy Industries beats Poxel on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Kawasaki Heavy Industries

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. engages in aerospace systems, energy solution and marine engineering, precision machinery and robot, rolling stock, and motorcycle and engine businesses in Japan and internationally. It manufactures aircraft for the Japan ministry of defense; helicopters; and helicopter and jet engines for commercial aircrafts. The company also manufactures railway cars; a range of rolling stocks, including Shinkansen, electric cars, passenger coaches, freight cars, locomotives, diesel locomotives, and transit systems. In addition, it engages in the production and sale of energy-related machinery and systems, marine machinery and systems, industrial equipment, and environmental equipment. Further, the company manufactures and supplies motorcycles, off-road four wheelers, watercrafts, general-purpose gasoline engines, etc. Additionally, it manufactures and sells pumps, motors, valves, and various hydraulic machinery, as well as assembles hydraulic systems; and industrial robots for use in welding, assembly, handling, painting, and palletization for various industries, including automotive and electronics industries. The company was founded in 1878 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

About Poxel

Poxel S.A., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, develops novel treatments for metabolic diseases, type 2 diabetes, and liver diseases. The company's lead product is TWYMEEG (Imeglimin), an oral drug candidate that targets mitochondrial dysfunction and approved for the treatment of type 2 diabetes in Japan. It also develops PXL770, an adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase enzyme, which is in a Phase 2a clinical trial that treats chronic metabolic diseases, including diseases that affect the liver, such as non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH); PXL065, an earlier stage programs that is in Phase 2 for the treatment of NASH focusing on chronic and rare metabolic indications. The company has a licensing agreement with Enyo Pharma S.A.S. for the development of farnesoid X receptor that is in Phase 2a study for the treatment of hepatitis B and NASH; and DeuteRx LLC for the development of PXL065, a mitochondrial pyruvate carrier inhibitor, which is in a phase I clinical trial for the treatment of NASH. Poxel S.A. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Lyon, France.