Industria de Diseño Textil (OTCMKTS:IDEXY) vs. NN Group (OTCMKTS:NNGRY) Critical Review

Industria de Diseño Textil (OTCMKTS:IDEXY) and NN Group (OTCMKTS:NNGRY) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Dividends

Industria de Diseño Textil pays an annual dividend of $0.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. NN Group pays an annual dividend of $1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Industria de Diseño Textil pays out 61.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Volatility and Risk

Industria de Diseño Textil has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NN Group has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Industria de Diseño Textil and NN Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Industria de Diseño Textil	15.09%	31.95%	16.30%
NN Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Industria de Diseño Textil and NN Group’s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Industria de Diseño Textil	$38.90 billion	N/A	$5.82 billion	$0.96	26.53
NN Group	$18.26 billion	0.68	$1.65 billion	N/A	N/A

Industria de Diseño Textil has higher revenue and earnings than NN Group.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Industria de Diseño Textil and NN Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Industria de Diseño Textil	0	2	1	0	2.33
NN Group	0	0	2	0	3.00

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.0% of NN Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Industria de Diseño Textil beats NN Group on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Industria de Diseño Textil

Industria de Diseño Textil, S.A. engages in the retail and online distribution of clothing, footwear, accessories, and household products. The company sells its products under the Zara, Pull & Bear, Massimo Dutti, Bershka, Stradivarius, Oysho, and Zara Home brands. It is also involved in the textile manufacturing, logistics, design, insurance, construction, and real estate businesses, as well as provides financial services. The company operates in Spain, rest of Europe, the Americas, Asia, and internationally. Industria de Diseño Textil, S.A. was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in A Coruña, Spain.

About NN Group

NN Group N.V., a financial services company, provides life and non-life insurance products in the Netherlands and internationally. The company operates through Netherlands Life, Netherlands Non-life, Insurance Europe, Japan Life, Banking, and Other segments. It offers Life insurance products, such as group and individual pension products, retail life insurance, and SME life insurance products; and non-life insurance products, including motor, fire, liability, transport, travel, health, property and casualty, and disability and accident insurance products. The company also provides banking services, including mortgage loans, bank annuities, consumer savings, and retail savings and investment products; reinsurance services; and retirement products and services. It offers its products to individuals, small and medium-sized enterprises, and Corporates customers directly through tied agents, agents/ brokers, platform insurance, and direct channels. The company was formerly known as ING Insurance Topholding N.V. and changed its name to NN Group N.V. in March 2014. NN Group N.V. was founded in 1845 and is headquartered in the Hague, the Netherlands.