iRobot (NASDAQ:IRBT) vs. Samsung Electronics (OTCMKTS:SSNLF) Financial Analysis
Posted by Defense World Staff on Nov 27th, 2022
iRobot (NASDAQ:IRBT – Get Rating) and Samsung Electronics (OTCMKTS:SSNLF – Get Rating) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares iRobot and Samsung Electronics’ revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
iRobot | $1.56 billion | 0.91 | $30.39 million | ($8.60) | -6.07 |
Samsung Electronics | $197.69 billion | 0.03 | $18.45 billion | $2.72 | 14.93 |
Samsung Electronics has higher revenue and earnings than iRobot. iRobot is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Samsung Electronics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares iRobot and Samsung Electronics’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
iRobot | -18.24% | -19.73% | -12.08% |
Samsung Electronics | 9.12% | N/A | N/A |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
84.5% of iRobot shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Samsung Electronics shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of iRobot shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for iRobot and Samsung Electronics, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
iRobot | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.67 |
Samsung Electronics | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 |
iRobot presently has a consensus price target of $63.67, suggesting a potential upside of 21.97%. Given iRobot’s higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe iRobot is more favorable than Samsung Electronics.
Volatility & Risk
iRobot has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Samsung Electronics has a beta of 3.89, suggesting that its share price is 289% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Samsung Electronics beats iRobot on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About iRobot
iRobot Corporation designs, builds, and sells robots and home innovation products in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Japan, and internationally. The company offers floor care products, including Roomba floor vacuuming robots; Roomba accessories and consumables, such as the Clean Base Automatic Dirt Disposal, replacement dirt disposal bags for the Clean Base, filters, brushes, and batteries; Braava family of automatic floor mopping robots; and Braava accessories and consumables, which include cleaning solution, washable and disposable mopping pads, replacement tanks, and batteries, as well as subscription services. It also provides H1 Handheld Vacuum, a portable vacuum; H1 Handheld Vacuum accessories comprising filters, chargers, batteries, and an extension kit that converts the H1 Handheld Vacuum into a stick vacuum; air purifiers under the Aeris brand; Root robots to help children learn how to code; and Create 2, a mobile robot platform that offers an opportunity for educators, developers, and high-school and college students to program behaviors, sounds, movements, and add additional electronics, as well as sells filters and fabric covers. The company sells its products through chain stores and other national retailers, distributors, and resellers, as well as through its website and app, and e-commerce websites. iRobot Corporation was incorporated in 1990 and is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts.
About Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. engages in the consumer electronics, information technology and mobile communications, and device solutions businesses worldwide. It provides home appliances comprising of refrigerators, air dresser, washing machines, dryers, cooking appliances, dishwashers, vacuum cleaners, air conditioners, and air purifiers. The company also offers TVs, sound devices, smartphones, tablets, monitors, smart and LED signages, watches, and other accessories, as well as provides memory storage solutions. In addition, it provides medical equipment; software design, development, and supply; toll processing of semiconductors and display panels; general logistics agency, financing, marketing, consulting, and technology and cloud services; venture capital investment; enterprise automation solutions and connected services; installation and optimization services for network devices; and digital advertising platforms. The company serves retail, hospitality, finance, transportation, education, government, manufacturing, public safety, and healthcare industries. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. was founded in 1938 and is based in Suwon-si, South Korea.
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