Kakaku.com (OTCMKTS:KKKUF – Get Rating) is one of 100 public companies in the “Internet Content & Information” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Kakaku.com to related companies based on the strength of its risk, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
24.1% of Kakaku.com shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.3% of shares of all “Internet Content & Information” companies are owned by institutional investors. 33.6% of shares of all “Internet Content & Information” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Kakaku.com and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Kakaku.com | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Kakaku.com Competitors | -15.98% | -12.43% | -1.50% |
Dividends
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Kakaku.com and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Kakaku.com | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.67 |
| Kakaku.com Competitors | 330 | 1053 | 1605 | 31 | 2.44 |
As a group, “Internet Content & Information” companies have a potential upside of 76.71%. Given Kakaku.com’s peers higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kakaku.com has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Kakaku.com and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Kakaku.com | N/A | N/A | 0.34 |
| Kakaku.com Competitors | $359.21 million | $53.83 million | -180.38 |
Kakaku.com’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Kakaku.com. Kakaku.com is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.
Summary
Kakaku.com beats its peers on 7 of the 13 factors compared.
About Kakaku.com
Kakaku.com, Inc. provides purchase support, restaurant review, and other services in Japan. The company operates kakaku.com, a purchasing support site that compare prices of products and services, such as computers, home appliances, fashion, interiors, cars, telecommunications, and insurances. It also operates tabelog.com, a restaurant search and reservation site. In addition, the company operates travel review and comparison site; online residential real estate portal; online database for movies and showtimes; photo sharing site; lifestyle media; information site for car lovers; men's fashion online media; FX related information, commentary, and forecast on foreign exchange market; job classifieds box; animation and Akihabara culture information media; highway busses and bus tours comparison site; lowest price comparison site for the cheapest bus, airline, and bullet train tickets; and an online media for bus trips, travel, and sightseeing. Further, it engages in the finance business. Kakaku.com, Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
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