Head to Head Review: Cochlear (OTCMKTS:CHEOY) and KONE Oyj (OTCMKTS:KNYJY)

Cochlear (OTCMKTS:CHEOY) and KONE Oyj (OTCMKTS:KNYJY) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.

Risk and Volatility

Cochlear has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KONE Oyj has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

Cochlear pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. KONE Oyj pays an annual dividend of $0.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. KONE Oyj pays out 57.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Cochlear and KONE Oyj, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cochlear	0	1	0	0	2.00
KONE Oyj	0	1	1	0	2.50

Profitability

This table compares Cochlear and KONE Oyj’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cochlear	N/A	N/A	N/A
KONE Oyj	8.97%	39.49%	11.41%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Cochlear and KONE Oyj”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cochlear	$1.49 billion	8.44	$235.15 million	N/A	N/A
KONE Oyj	$11.85 billion	2.53	$1.00 billion	$0.99	28.64

KONE Oyj has higher revenue and earnings than Cochlear.

Summary

KONE Oyj beats Cochlear on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Cochlear

Cochlear Limited provides implantable hearing solutions for children and adults worldwide. It offers cochlear implant systems, sound processor upgrades, bone conduction systems, accessories, and other products. Cochlear Limited was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

About KONE Oyj

KONE Oyj, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the elevator and escalator business worldwide. The company provides elevators, escalators, and automatic building doors. It offers maintenance services; and modernization solutions. In addition, the company offers KONE Office Flow, a connected solution that allows for personalized user experiences and touch-free access; health and well-being solutions for elevators, escalators, and doors; KONE Access, an access control system, which is integrated with elevator system and building doors; KONE Destination, a destination control system that reduce waiting and travel times; KONE infotainment, a communication channel for building tenants and visitors; and monitoring solutions that enable real-time inspection of elevators and escalators. Further, it provides people flow planning and consulting services; solutions for special buildings and large projects; cybersecurity solutions; and energy solutions for greener buildings. KONE Oyj was founded in 1908 and is based in Espoo, Finland.