Head-To-Head Survey: Acerinox (OTCMKTS:ANIOY) versus Spectris (OTCMKTS:SEPJY)

Acerinox (OTCMKTS:ANIOY) and Spectris (OTCMKTS:SEPJY) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.

Volatility & Risk

Acerinox has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spectris has a beta of 0.25, meaning that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Acerinox and Spectris’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Acerinox	1.13%	8.99%	3.63%
Spectris	N/A	N/A	N/A

Dividends

Acerinox pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Spectris pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Acerinox pays out 80.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Acerinox and Spectris, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Acerinox	0	0	0	0	N/A
Spectris	0	0	0	1	4.00

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Acerinox and Spectris”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Acerinox	$7.15 billion	0.37	$246.90 million	$0.30	17.55
Spectris	$1.80 billion	1.95	$180.86 million	N/A	N/A

Acerinox has higher revenue and earnings than Spectris.

Summary

Acerinox beats Spectris on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Acerinox

Acerinox, S.A., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, process, and markets stainless steel products in Spain, the United States, Africa, Asia, Rest of Europe, and internationally. It operates through Stainless steel, and High-performance Alloys segments. The company offers flat products, including hot and cold rolled coils and sheets, strips, flat bars, and discs, as well as engraved coil and sheet, black coil, slabs, circles, billets, and plates. It provides long products, which include wire and hexagonal wire rods, peeled bars, hot and cold reinforcement bars, black bars, profiles, angles, and steel profiles, as well as stainless steel, color coated, and reinforcement wires. In additions, it offers stainless steel products, such as austenitic, ferritic, duplex, and martensitic. Acerinox, S.A. was incorporated in 1970 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.

About Spectris

Spectris plc provides precision measurement solutions worldwide. It operates through Spectris Scientific, Spectris Dynamics, and Other segments. The Spectris Scientific segment provides advanced sensors and instruments used to measure, analyze, and characterize materials; and monitor ultra-clean manufacturing environments. Spectris Dynamics segment offers differentiated sensing, data acquisition, analysis modelling, and simulation solutions for product development and enhance product performance. The Other segment operates high-value precision in-line sensing and monitoring businesses. It serves life sciences/pharmaceuticals, technology-led industrials, automotive, electronics and semiconductor, academic research, and other markets, as well as metals, minerals, and mining. The company was formerly known as Fairey Group plc and changed its name to Spectris plc in May 2001. Spectris plc was incorporated in 1986 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.