Austevoll Seafood ASA (ASTVF) & The Competition Financial Review

Austevoll Seafood ASA (OTCMKTS:ASTVF) is one of 329 publicly-traded companies in the “Food Products” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Austevoll Seafood ASA to related companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.

Dividends

Austevoll Seafood ASA pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.6%. Austevoll Seafood ASA pays out 29.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Food Products” companies pay a dividend yield of 11.8% and pay out 31.4% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Austevoll Seafood ASA is clearly a better dividend stock than its rivals, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Austevoll Seafood ASA and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Austevoll Seafood ASA	1	0	0	0	1.00
Austevoll Seafood ASA Competitors	2321	8144	8219	392	2.35

As a group, “Food Products” companies have a potential upside of 13.27%. Given Austevoll Seafood ASA’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Austevoll Seafood ASA has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Austevoll Seafood ASA and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Austevoll Seafood ASA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Austevoll Seafood ASA Competitors	-16.22%	-138.23%	-3.95%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Austevoll Seafood ASA and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Austevoll Seafood ASA	N/A	N/A	2.20
Austevoll Seafood ASA Competitors	$7.20 billion	$712.04 million	-321.51

Austevoll Seafood ASA’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Austevoll Seafood ASA. Austevoll Seafood ASA is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

17.2% of Austevoll Seafood ASA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.4% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are held by institutional investors. 18.7% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are held by company 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

Austevoll Seafood ASA rivals beat Austevoll Seafood ASA on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

Austevoll Seafood ASA Company Profile

Austevoll Seafood ASA, a seafood company, engages in the salmon and trout, white fish, and pelagic businesses in Norway, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Eastern Europe, Africa, North America, Asia, South America, and internationally. The company is involved in the ownership and operation of fishing vessels, as well as farming, aquaculture, processing, sale, and distribution of salmon and trout. It also produces white fish products, freezing and canning plants, fish meals, and fish oils; omega-3 oil; and canned and frozen fish products. The company was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Storebø, Norway. Austevoll Seafood ASA is a subsidiary of Laco AS.