Hitachi Construction Machinery (OTCMKTS:HTCMY) vs. Sany Heavy Equipment International (OTCMKTS:SNYYF) Financial Comparison

Hitachi Construction Machinery (OTCMKTS:HTCMY) and Sany Heavy Equipment International (OTCMKTS:SNYYF) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

3.1% of Sany Heavy Equipment International shares are held by institutional investors. 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.

Profitability

This table compares Hitachi Construction Machinery and Sany Heavy Equipment International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hitachi Construction Machinery	7.08%	13.29%	5.78%
Sany Heavy Equipment International	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Hitachi Construction Machinery and Sany Heavy Equipment International, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hitachi Construction Machinery	0	0	1	0	3.00
Sany Heavy Equipment International	0	0	0	0	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Hitachi Construction Machinery and Sany Heavy Equipment International’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hitachi Construction Machinery	$9.47 billion	N/A	$519.29 million	$6.64	9.05
Sany Heavy Equipment International	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.09	7.02

Hitachi Construction Machinery has higher revenue and earnings than Sany Heavy Equipment International. Sany Heavy Equipment International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hitachi Construction Machinery, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Hitachi Construction Machinery beats Sany Heavy Equipment International on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Hitachi Construction Machinery

Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells construction machineries worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Construction Machinery Business and Solution Business. It offers excavators and wheel loaders, hydraulic excavators, compaction equipment, and rigid dump trucks. The company also provides ICT construction solutions; ConSite that monitors machines' operational status and alarms by sending monthly operational reports, as well as notifies emergency alarms; Fleet management system, which offers real-time monitoring of dump truck for optimizing vehicle operations; and autonomous haulage system for autonomous operation of mining dump trucks. In addition, it provides parts and services; used equipment under the PREMIUM USED brand; machinery rental services under the PREMIUM RENTAL and REC brand names; and parts remanufacturing services. The company was incorporated in 1951 and is headquartered in Taito, Japan. Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd.

About Sany Heavy Equipment International

Sany Heavy Equipment International Holdings Company Limited, an investment holding company, engages in the manufacture and sale of mining equipment, logistics equipment, robotic, smart mine products, and spare parts. It operates in two segments, Mining Equipment and Logistics Equipment. The company offers coal mining machinery products, such as road headers, including soft rock and hard rock road headers, integrated excavation, bolting, and self-protection machinery; mining equipment consisting of coal mining machines, hydraulic support system, scraper and armored-face conveyors, etc.; non-coal mining machinery products comprising tunnel road headers and mining machines; and mining transport equipment, which include mechanical and electric drive off-highway dump trucks, widebody vehicles, and other related products. It also provides smart mine products, such as unmanned driving, automated integrated mining, and smart mine operation systems; container equipment comprising front loaders, stacking machines, quayside gantry cranes, etc.; bulk material equipment consisting of grippers, elevated hoisting arms, etc.; general equipment, including heavy-weight forklifts, telehandlers, etc.; and robotic system integration, mobile robots, and electric forklifts. In addition, the company provides maintenance and other, and property development services. It operates in Mainland China, rest of Asia, the European Union, the United States, and internationally. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Shenyang, the People's Republic of China. Sany Heavy Equipment International Holdings Company Limited is a subsidiary of Sany Hongkong Group Limited.