Head-To-Head Review: Sega Sammy (SGAMY) versus Its Peers

Profitability

This table compares Sega Sammy and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sega Sammy	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sega Sammy Competitors	10.51%	-3.66%	-2.97%

Dividends

Sega Sammy pays an annual dividend of $0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Sega Sammy pays out 0.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Entertainment” companies pay a dividend yield of 19.2% and pay out 78.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Sega Sammy and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sega Sammy	N/A	N/A	0.24
Sega Sammy Competitors	$4.51 billion	$74.17 million	-6.80

Sega Sammy’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Sega Sammy. Sega Sammy 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.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.2% of Sega Sammy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.6% of shares of all “Entertainment” companies are owned by institutional investors. 24.2% of shares of all “Entertainment” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Sega Sammy competitors beat Sega Sammy on 5 of the 9 factors compared.

About Sega Sammy

Sega Sammy Holdings Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the game machine, entertainment content, and resort businesses. The company operates through Entertainment Contents, Pachislot and Pachinko Machines, and Resort segments. It develops Pachislot machines and provides machines for the pachinko business; offers entertainment-related content and services, including consumer and arcade games, toys, and animation, as well as develops and sells amusement machines and animated films; and develops and operates hotels, entertainment and commercial facilities, and casinos. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.