KDDI (OTCMKTS:KDDIY) & NEXT (OTCMKTS:NXGPY) Financial Contrast

NEXT (OTCMKTS:NXGPY) and KDDI (OTCMKTS:KDDIY) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for NEXT and KDDI, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NEXT	0	0	0	0	0.00
KDDI	0	0	0	1	4.00

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares NEXT and KDDI”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NEXT	$6.83 billion	2.24	$1.00 billion	N/A	N/A
KDDI	$39.86 billion	1.79	$4.40 billion	$1.00	16.25

KDDI has higher revenue and earnings than NEXT.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.1% of KDDI 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.

Dividends

NEXT pays an annual dividend of $1.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. KDDI pays an annual dividend of $0.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. KDDI pays out 29.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Volatility & Risk

NEXT has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KDDI has a beta of 0.06, suggesting that its share price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares NEXT and KDDI’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NEXT	N/A	N/A	N/A
KDDI	10.62%	10.64%	4.28%

Summary

KDDI beats NEXT on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About NEXT

NEXT plc engages in the retail of clothing, beauty, footwear, and home products in the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and internationally. The company operates through NEXT Retail; NEXT Online; NEXT Finance; Total Platform; Property Management; and Franchise, Sourcing, and other segments. It offers consumer credit; NEXT branded products; and women’s, men’s, children’s, clothing, homeware, and beauty products under the LABEL brand, as well as other third-party brands. The company also provides property management services, including holding and lease of properties; operates call centers; and websites, marketing, warehousing, and distribution networks to third-party brands. It operates through retail stores, online retail platforms, and franchise stores. The company was formerly known as J Hepworth & Son and changed its name to NEXT plc in 1986. NEXT plc was founded in 1864 and is headquartered in Enderby, the United Kingdom.

About KDDI

KDDI Corporation provides telecommunications services in Japan and internationally. It operates in two segments, Personal Services and Business Services. The Personal Services segment offers telecommunication services and other services such as finance, energy, and LX through its multi-brands au, UQ mobile, and povo. The Business Services segment offers smartphones and other devices, network and cloud services, and data center services to corporate customers under the TELEHOUSE brand. The company was incorporated in 1984 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.