Analyzing Tsingtao Brewery (TSGTF) and Its Rivals

Profitability

This table compares Tsingtao Brewery and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tsingtao Brewery	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tsingtao Brewery Competitors	-9.25%	-39.52%	-0.98%

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tsingtao Brewery	N/A	N/A	3.26
Tsingtao Brewery Competitors	$8.50 billion	$869.84 million	12.29

Tsingtao Brewery’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Tsingtao Brewery. Tsingtao Brewery 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.

Dividends

Tsingtao Brewery pays an annual dividend of $0.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. Tsingtao Brewery pays out 30.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Beverages” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.1% and pay out 49.0% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Tsingtao Brewery is clearly a better dividend stock than its competitors, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

9.1% of Tsingtao Brewery shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.7% of shares of all “Beverages” companies are held by institutional investors. 19.0% of shares of all “Beverages” companies 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.

Summary

Tsingtao Brewery beats its competitors on 5 of the 9 factors compared.

About Tsingtao Brewery

Tsingtao Brewery Company Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production, distribution, wholesale, and retail sale of beer products worldwide. It operates through seven segments: Shandong Region; South China Region; North China Region; East China Region; Southeast China Region; Hong Kong, Macau and Other Overseas Region; and Finance Company. The company sells its beer products primarily under the Tsingtao and Laoshan brand names. It also provides wealth management, and agency collection and payment services; and financing, construction, and logistics services, as well as technology promotion and application services. Tsingtao Brewery Company Limited was founded in 1903 and is headquartered in Qingdao, the People's Republic of China.