Contrasting Golden Agri-Resources (GARPY) and Its Rivals

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.0% of Golden Agri-Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.7% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are owned by institutional investors. 18.2% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Golden Agri-Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.79 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Golden Agri-Resources pays out 39.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Food Products” companies pay a dividend yield of 11.7% and pay out 31.4% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Golden Agri-Resources lags its rivals as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Profitability

This table compares Golden Agri-Resources and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Golden Agri-Resources	N/A	N/A	N/A
Golden Agri-Resources Competitors	-16.27%	-138.73%	-4.12%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Golden Agri-Resources and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Golden Agri-Resources	N/A	N/A	10.97
Golden Agri-Resources Competitors	$7.40 billion	$706.66 million	-326.51

Golden Agri-Resources’ rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Golden Agri-Resources. Golden Agri-Resources 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.

Summary

Golden Agri-Resources rivals beat Golden Agri-Resources on 5 of the 9 factors compared.

About Golden Agri-Resources

Golden Agri-Resources Ltd, an investment holding company, operates as an integrated palm oil plantation company in Europe, China, India, Pakistan, the Middle east, and the United States. It operates in two segments, Plantation and Palm Oil Mills; and Palm, Laurics and Others. The company offers bulk products, such as crude palm oil, palm kernel, palm kernel oil, palm kernel meal, olein, stearin, soybean oil, and soybean meal; oleo chemicals; palm oil based bio-diesel and other renewable resources based energy; and refined products. It also produces processed food products, such as instant noodles, as well as snack products and beverages. The company manages oil palm estates in Indonesia. In addition, it offers treasury management, building management, business and management consultancy, commercial and industrial real estate management, digital analytics; aerial manuring, construction, training, ship management, chartering, and technology product services. Further, the company provides IT consultancy, IT application design, development, and maintenance services; facilities for data center resources and other IT outsourced activities; and port loading, storage, packaging, and transportation service. Additionally, it engages in the production, cultivation, importing, marketing, selling, and distributing palm oil products; sales and logistical support services; cultivation of ornamental plants; production and trading of edible oils; wholesale trade; property investment activities; production and distribution of bottled ionised mineral water and fatty alcohol, acid, derivatives, and other chemical; shipping and logistics; owns and operates shipping vessels; office administration and dormant services; refinery operation; and sale of food and beverage products. The company was incorporated in 1996 and is based in Singapore. Golden Agri-Resources Ltd is a subsidiary of Flambo International Limited.