Financial Review: American Biltrite (ABLT) and Its Rivals

Profitability

This table compares American Biltrite and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Biltrite	-1.40%	-10.96%	-2.20%
American Biltrite Competitors	-11.01%	65.74%	4.94%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares American Biltrite and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
American Biltrite	$188.74 million	-$2.64 million	-0.97
American Biltrite Competitors	$6.91 billion	$580.08 million	22.42

American Biltrite’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than American Biltrite. American Biltrite is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Volatility and Risk

American Biltrite has a beta of -0.15, suggesting that its share price is 115% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Biltrite’s competitors have a beta of 0.97, suggesting that their average share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

91.0% of shares of all “BLDG&CONST – MISC” companies are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of shares of all “BLDG&CONST – MISC” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

American Biltrite competitors beat American Biltrite on 8 of the 9 factors compared.

About American Biltrite

American Biltrite Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides tape, jewelry, flooring, and rubber products worldwide. The company produces and offers pressure sensitive tapes, films, and protective sheeting under the American Biltrite and Ideal brands, which are used in various markets, such as automotive and transportation; construction; shoe/footwear; graphic arts, print, and signage; and various other industrial and consumer applications. It also manufactures and distributes commercial flooring primarily for healthcare, educational, and institutional sectors; and performance sheet rubber in North America, as well as designs and supplies fashion jewelry to department stores under the brands of Guess, T Tahari, Robert Rose, Berry, and Jessica McClintock. The company sells its tape products through sales organizations, distributors, and select manufacturers’ representatives. American Biltrite Inc. was founded in 1908 and is based in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts.