Omni-Lite Industries Canada (OTCMKTS:OLNCF) and NN (NASDAQ:NNBR) Head-To-Head Survey

NN (NASDAQ:NNBR) and Omni-Lite Industries Canada (OTCMKTS:OLNCF) are both small-cap industrials 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.

Volatility & Risk

NN has a beta of 2.3, indicating that its stock price is 130% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Omni-Lite Industries Canada has a beta of 0.16, indicating that its stock price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for NN and Omni-Lite Industries Canada, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NN	1	1	0	1	2.33
Omni-Lite Industries Canada	0	0	0	0	0.00

NN presently has a consensus price target of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 239.27%. Given NN’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe NN is more favorable than Omni-Lite Industries Canada.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares NN and Omni-Lite Industries Canada”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NN	$464.29 million	0.13	-$38.27 million	($1.23)	-0.96
Omni-Lite Industries Canada	$15.88 million	1.23	$620,000.00	$0.01	126.01

Omni-Lite Industries Canada has lower revenue, but higher earnings than NN. NN is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Omni-Lite Industries Canada, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

53.9% of NN shares are held by institutional investors. 7.9% of NN shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares NN and Omni-Lite Industries Canada’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NN	-10.01%	-2.09%	-0.29%
Omni-Lite Industries Canada	-0.27%	-0.25%	-0.17%

About NN

NN, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and sells high-precision components and assemblies for various end markets in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments, Mobile Solutions and Power Solutions. The Mobile Solutions segment manufactures and sells system critical components for automotive, general industrial, and medical end markets for use in power steering, braking, transmissions, gasoline fuel system, diesel injection, and diesel emissions treatment applications, as well as in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. The Power Solutions segment designs, manufactures, and sells a range of high-precision metal and plastic components, assemblies, and finished devices used in various applications, such as power control and transportation electrification. Its products include electrical contacts, connectors, contact assemblies, and precision stampings for the electrical, general industrial, automotive, aerospace and defense, and medical end markets. This segment also produces various tools and instruments for the orthopaedics and medical/surgical end markets. NN, Inc. was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

About Omni-Lite Industries Canada

Omni-Lite Industries Canada Inc. operates as a designer and manufacturer of precision components in the United States and Canada. It offers forged, electronic, and investment casting components for aerospace, military, specialty, automotive, sports, and recreational industries. The company was incorporated in 1992 and is headquartered in Cerritos, California.