Financial Survey: SMC (OTCMKTS:SMCAY) & Zadar Ventures (OTCMKTS:ZADDF)

SMC (OTCMKTS:SMCAY) and Zadar Ventures (OTCMKTS:ZADDF) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for SMC and Zadar Ventures, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SMC	0	0	0	0	N/A
Zadar Ventures	0	0	0	0	N/A

Volatility and Risk

SMC has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zadar Ventures has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares SMC and Zadar Ventures’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SMC	23.01%	9.66%	8.61%
Zadar Ventures	N/A	-52.43%	-45.38%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

1.0% of SMC shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares SMC and Zadar Ventures’ revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SMC	$5.38 billion	N/A	$1.24 billion	$0.95	23.99
Zadar Ventures	N/A	N/A	-$240,000.00	($0.02)	-0.23

SMC has higher revenue and earnings than Zadar Ventures. Zadar Ventures is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SMC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

SMC beats Zadar Ventures on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About SMC

SMC Corporation manufactures, processes, and sells automatic control equipment, sintered filters, and various types of filtration equipment worldwide. The company offers air management system, directional control valves, air cylinders, rotatory actuators/air grippers, electric actuators/cylinders, fitting and tubing, and modular F.R.L./pressure control equipment, as well as vacuum, air preparation, and lubrication equipment. It also provides flow control equipment, speed controllers, silencers/exhaust/blow guns/pressure gauges, switches/sensors/controllers, static neutralization equipment, and industrial device communication equipment/wireless system. In addition, the company offers process valves, chemical liquid valves/fittings and needle valves/tubing, process pumps, temperature control equipment, and process gas equipment, as well as high vacuum equipment, industrial filters/sintered metal elements, and pneumatic instrumentation and hydraulic equipment. The company was formerly known as Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Co., Ltd. and changed its name to SMC Corporation in April 1986. SMC Corporation was incorporated in 1959 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

About Zadar Ventures

Zadar Ventures Ltd. engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral resource properties in Canada. The company was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.