Comparing The Berkeley Group (OTCMKTS:BKGFY) & NN Group (OTCMKTS:NNGRY)

The Berkeley Group (OTCMKTS:BKGFY) and NN Group (OTCMKTS:NNGRY) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares The Berkeley Group and NN Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
The Berkeley Group	$3.10 billion	1.48	$499.96 million	N/A	N/A
NN Group	$9.40 billion	1.21	$1.27 billion	N/A	N/A

NN Group has higher revenue and earnings than The Berkeley Group.

Profitability

This table compares The Berkeley Group and NN Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
The Berkeley Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
NN Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.0% of NN Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

The Berkeley Group pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. NN Group pays an annual dividend of $1.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for The Berkeley Group and NN Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
The Berkeley Group	0	0	0	1	4.00
NN Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

Risk and Volatility

The Berkeley Group has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NN Group has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

The Berkeley Group beats NN Group on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About The Berkeley Group

The Berkeley Group Holdings plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the residential-led and mixed-use property development and ancillary activities in the United Kingdom. The company is involved in land selling activities. It operates under the Berkeley, St Edward, St George, St James, St Joseph, and St William brand names. The Berkeley Group Holdings plc was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Cobham, the United Kingdom.

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.