Toyota Motor (NYSE:TM) & Jiuzi (NASDAQ:JZXN) Critical Comparison

Toyota Motor (NYSE:TM) and Jiuzi (NASDAQ:JZXN) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Toyota Motor and Jiuzi, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Toyota Motor	2	2	3	0	2.14
Jiuzi	1	0	0	0	1.00

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Toyota Motor and Jiuzi”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Toyota Motor	$315.45 billion	0.92	$31.45 billion	$22.69	9.47
Jiuzi	$1.40 million	1.60	-$59.13 million	N/A	N/A

Toyota Motor has higher revenue and earnings than Jiuzi.

Risk & Volatility

Toyota Motor has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jiuzi has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

1.5% of Toyota Motor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.6% of Jiuzi shares are owned by institutional investors. 60.6% of Jiuzi shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Toyota Motor and Jiuzi’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Toyota Motor	9.33%	12.32%	4.85%
Jiuzi	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Toyota Motor beats Jiuzi on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Toyota Motor

Toyota Motor Corporation designs, manufactures, assembles, and sells passenger vehicles, minivans and commercial vehicles, and related parts and accessories in Japan, North America, Europe, Asia, Central and South America, Oceania, Africa, and the Middle East. It operates in Automotive, Financial Services, and All Other segments. The company offers subcompact and compact cars; mini-vehicles; mid-size, luxury, sports, and specialty cars; recreational and sport-utility vehicles; pickup trucks; minivans; trucks; and buses. It offers vehicles under the Toyota and Lexus brand names. Further, the company provides financial services, such as retail financing and leasing, wholesale financing, insurance, and credit cards. Additionally, it operates GAZOO.com, a web portal for automobile information, as well as engages in telecommunications and other businesses. The company was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Toyota, Japan.

About Jiuzi

Jiuzi Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiary, Zhejiang Jiuzi New Energy Vehicles Co., Ltd., franchises and operates retail stores under the Jiuzi brand that sell new energy vehicles, plug-in electric vehicles, and related components and parts in the People’s Republic of China. It provides corporate investment consulting services. The company also engages in new energy vehicle retail, new energy vehicle component sales, new energy vehicle battery sales, vehicle audio equipment and electronics sales, vehicle ornament sales, technology service and development, marketing planning, vehicle rentals, etc. In addition, it is involved in the research and development of automotive components and part and technical service; sales of electrical accessories for new energy vehicles; sales of charging/battery swap infrastructure for new energy vehicles; sales of electricity chargers, and sales of automotive spare parts and accessories, as well as in the management services of supply chain, automobiles sales, and whole vehicle sales of new energy cars. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Hangzhou, the People’s Republic of China.