Amada (OTCMKTS:AMDLY) versus bpost NV/SA (OTCMKTS:BPOSY) Head-To-Head Contrast

Dividends

Amada pays an annual dividend of $1.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. bpost NV/SA pays an annual dividend of $0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Amada pays out 56.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. bpost NV/SA pays out 15.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Profitability

This table compares Amada and bpost NV/SA’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amada	8.99%	6.78%	5.35%
bpost NV/SA	1.96%	9.66%	2.37%

Risk & Volatility

Amada has a beta of 0.24, suggesting that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, bpost NV/SA has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Amada and bpost NV/SA”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amada	$2.80 billion	1.16	$280.40 million	$2.87	13.24
bpost NV/SA	$4.61 billion	0.08	$71.21 million	$0.45	4.16

Amada has higher earnings, but lower revenue than bpost NV/SA. bpost NV/SA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amada, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Amada beats bpost NV/SA on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Amada

Amada Co., Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, sells, leases, repairs, maintains, checks, and inspects metalworking machinery, software, and peripheral equipment in Japan, North America, Europe, Asia, and internationally. It offers sheet metal fabrication machines, including laser machines, punch and laser combination machines, turret punch presses, press brakes, bending robots, and welders, as well as software solutions; general fabrication machines, such as shearing and deburring machines, corner shear, iron worker, AMS SPACE series, horizontal benders, tapping and fastener insertion machines, and environment related products; cutting fluids, lubricants, and other consumables; and a range of tools for bending and punching. The company also provides metal cutting machines, such as hyper saw, pulse cutting band saw, automatic and semi-automatic general-purpose band saw, vertical band saw, circular saw, and other machines; structural steel machines; grinding machines; and band saw blades and circular saw blades that are used for metal cutting machines. In addition, it offers precision welding machines, including laser welders and markers, resistance welders, and systems for use in automobile parts, electronic components, and medical instruments. Further, the company provides consumables, and tooling equipment. Additionally, it offers stamping presses and stamping press equipment, and spring machines. The company was formerly known as Amada Holdings Co., Ltd. Amada Co., Ltd. was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Isehara, Japan.

About bpost NV/SA

bpost NV/SA, together with its subsidiaries, provides mail and parcel services to individuals, businesses, and public institutions in Belgium, rest of Europe, the United States, and internationally. It operates through Belgium, E-Logistics Eurasia, and E-Logistics North America segments. The company offers collection, transport, sorting, and distribution of addressed and non-addressed mail, printed documents, newspapers, periodicals, and parcels, as well as banking and financial products, e-commerce logistics, express delivery, and related services. It also provides transactional mails, advertising mails, press, domestic and international parcels, and logistic solutions; e-commerce fulfilment, including warehousing and handling of goods; e-commerce cross-border services, including custom duties services; operational back-office services, including call center, payment and financial, fraud and tax, administrative and document management services; and proximity and convenience services, such as the access to the network and over-the-counter service for different partners and sale of self-produced goods, as well as retail products and goods of partners, including bpost bank products; repair of electronics; and import services. The company was founded in 1830 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.