Citizen Watch (CHCLY) and Its Rivals Critical Review

Profitability

This table compares Citizen Watch and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Citizen Watch	N/A	N/A	N/A
Citizen Watch Competitors	-4.06%	13.23%	2.60%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Citizen Watch and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Citizen Watch	N/A	N/A	0.21
Citizen Watch Competitors	$5.80 billion	$471.21 million	27.46

Citizen Watch’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Citizen Watch. Citizen Watch is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Dividends

Citizen Watch pays an annual dividend of $77.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 115.2%. Citizen Watch pays out 24.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.1% and pay out 22.7% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

54.9% of shares of all “Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods” companies are held by institutional investors. 15.3% of shares of all “Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Citizen Watch peers beat Citizen Watch on 7 of the 9 factors compared.

About Citizen Watch

Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells watches and their components worldwide. It operates through four segments: Watches, Machine Tools, Devices and Components, and Electronic and Other Products. The company offers movements, CNC automatic lathes, turning machines, LEDs for lighting, tactile switch, backlight unit, crystal devices, ferroelectric LCDS, printers, calculators, health care products, and other automotive components. Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in Nishitokyo, Japan.