Comparing Ambu A/S (AMBBY) & Its Peers

Ambu A/S (OTCMKTS:AMBBY) is one of 664 public companies in the “Holding & other investment offices” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Ambu A/S to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

54.3% of shares of all “Holding & other investment offices” companies are held by institutional investors. 25.6% of shares of all “Holding & other investment offices” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Ambu A/S and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ambu A/S	0	0	1	0	3.00
Ambu A/S Competitors	126	559	858	14	2.49

As a group, “Holding & other investment offices” companies have a potential upside of 76.12%. Given Ambu A/S’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ambu A/S has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Ambu A/S and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ambu A/S	$684.73 million	$24.09 million	98.65
Ambu A/S Competitors	$1.13 billion	$84.16 million	47.70

Ambu A/S’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Ambu A/S. Ambu A/S is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Ambu A/S and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ambu A/S	7.23%	6.80%	5.32%
Ambu A/S Competitors	-24.81%	-46.30%	-1.24%

Ambu A/S Company Profile

Ambu A/S develops, produces, and sells medical devices to hospitals, clinics, and rescue services worldwide. The company offers anaesthesia, and patient monitoring and diagnostics products. The company also offers endoscopy products, such as bronchoscopes, rhinolaryngoscopes, duodenoscopes, cystoscopes, and display units; and neurology products, including EEG and EMG electrodes, EMG guided injections, and intraoperative monitoring products. It also provides cardiology products consisting of airway management and anaesthesia products, such as bronchoscopes, video laryngoscopes, double and single lumen tubes, endobronchial blockers, laryngeal and face masks, breathing bags, and resuscitators. In addition, the company offers extrication collars, CPR breathing barriers, video laryngoscopes, and training manikins. The company was founded in 1937 and is headquartered in Ballerup, Denmark.