Contrasting Spectris (OTCMKTS:SEPJY) and HOYA (OTCMKTS:HOCPY)

HOYA (OTCMKTS:HOCPY) and Spectris (OTCMKTS:SEPJY) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for HOYA and Spectris, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HOYA	0	0	0	0	N/A
Spectris	0	0	0	1	4.00

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.1% of HOYA shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares HOYA and Spectris”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HOYA	$5.49 billion	8.75	$1.26 billion	$3.57	38.34
Spectris	$1.80 billion	1.95	$180.86 million	N/A	N/A

HOYA has higher revenue and earnings than Spectris.

Risk & Volatility

HOYA has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spectris has a beta of 0.25, suggesting that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

HOYA pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Spectris pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. HOYA pays out 17.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Profitability

This table compares HOYA and Spectris’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HOYA	23.32%	20.72%	16.44%
Spectris	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

HOYA beats Spectris on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About HOYA

HOYA Corporation, a med-tech company, provides high-tech and medical products worldwide. It operates through three segments: Life Care, Telecommunication, and Other. The company offers life care products, including eyeglass and contact lenses; medical endoscopes; intraocular lenses; laparoscopic surgical instruments; automatic endoscope cleaning equipment; and other medical related products, such as prosthetic ceramic fillers and metallic implants for orthopedics. It also operates Eyecity, a specialty retailer of contact lenses. In addition, the company provides information technology products, such as mask blanks and photomasks for manufacturing semiconductor chips; glass disks for hard disk drives; and imaging products that include optical glasses/optical lenses, colored glass filters, and laser equipment/UV light resources. Further, it engages in the research, development, manufacture, and sale of photomasks for manufacturing flat panel displays. Additionally, the company offers ReadSpeaker, a speech synthesis software; and cloud services comprising Kinnosuke, a time and attendance management service, as well as Yonosuke, an electronic payslip service. HOYA Corporation was founded in 1941 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

About Spectris

Spectris plc provides precision measurement solutions worldwide. It operates through Spectris Scientific, Spectris Dynamics, and Other segments. The Spectris Scientific segment provides advanced sensors and instruments used to measure, analyze, and characterize materials; and monitor ultra-clean manufacturing environments. Spectris Dynamics segment offers differentiated sensing, data acquisition, analysis modelling, and simulation solutions for product development and enhance product performance. The Other segment operates high-value precision in-line sensing and monitoring businesses. It serves life sciences/pharmaceuticals, technology-led industrials, automotive, electronics and semiconductor, academic research, and other markets, as well as metals, minerals, and mining. The company was formerly known as Fairey Group plc and changed its name to Spectris plc in May 2001. Spectris plc was incorporated in 1986 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.