Reviewing CTT Correios de Portugal (CTTPY) & Its Peers

Dividends

CTT Correios de Portugal pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. CTT Correios de Portugal pays out 28.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “FIN – MISC SVCS” companies pay a dividend yield of 2.1% and pay out 44.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Risk & Volatility

CTT Correios de Portugal has a beta of -0.1, suggesting that its share price is 110% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CTT Correios de Portugal’s competitors have a beta of 5.06, suggesting that their average share price is 406% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares CTT Correios de Portugal and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
CTT Correios de Portugal	$1.20 billion	$49.28 million	25.38
CTT Correios de Portugal Competitors	$2.93 billion	$313.43 million	-139.51

CTT Correios de Portugal’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than CTT Correios de Portugal. CTT Correios de Portugal is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares CTT Correios de Portugal and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CTT Correios de Portugal	3.71%	14.09%	0.74%
CTT Correios de Portugal Competitors	-14.02%	2.20%	-1.37%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

42.3% of shares of all “FIN – MISC SVCS” companies are owned by institutional investors. 20.1% of shares of all “FIN – MISC SVCS” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

CTT Correios de Portugal competitors beat CTT Correios de Portugal on 6 of the 11 factors compared.

CTT Correios de Portugal Company Profile

CTT – Correios De Portugal, S.A., together with its subsidiaries, provides postal and financial services worldwide. It operates through Mail, Express & Parcels, Financial Services & Retail, and Bank segments. The company offers courier and urgent mail transport services; postal financial services; and banking services. It also engages in the business of payments related to collection of invoices and fines. In addition, the company enables the payment of various services and utilities through a network of approximately 5,000 agents covering business outlets as stationery stores, tobacco shops, kiosks, and supermarkets. It operates a retail network of 566 post offices; 1,808 postal agencies; 223 postal delivery offices; 4,576 postal delivery routes; and a fleet of 3,925 vehicles. The company was formerly known as Correio Publico. CTT – Correios De Portugal, S.A. was founded in 1520 and is headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal.