HORIBA (OTCMKTS:HRIBF) and DiamondHead (NASDAQ:DHHC) Head-To-Head Review

HORIBA (OTCMKTS:HRIBF) and DiamondHead (NASDAQ:DHHC) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and risk.

Risk and Volatility

HORIBA has a beta of 0.32, indicating that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DiamondHead has a beta of 0.01, indicating that its stock price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares HORIBA and DiamondHead’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HORIBA	13.95%	13.25%	8.11%
DiamondHead	N/A	-68.55%	2.04%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for HORIBA and DiamondHead, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HORIBA	0	0	0	0	N/A
DiamondHead	0	0	0	0	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares HORIBA and DiamondHead’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HORIBA	$1.97 billion	N/A	$272.92 million	$6.90	13.62
DiamondHead	N/A	N/A	$2.71 million	N/A	N/A

HORIBA has higher revenue and earnings than DiamondHead.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

74.0% of DiamondHead shares are held by institutional investors. 20.0% of DiamondHead shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

HORIBA beats DiamondHead on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About HORIBA

HORIBA, Ltd. manufactures and sells instruments and systems worldwide. The company operates in five segments: Automotive, Environment/Process, Medical, Semiconductor, and Scientific. The Automotive segment offers engine emission measurement devices; in-use vehicle emission measurement devices; on-board emission measurement devices; in-vehicle exhaust gas measuring devices; driveline test systems; engine test systems; brake test systems; fuel cell test devices; battery test devices; and vehicle development engineering and test engineering services, as well as leases and manages research and development facilities. The Environment/Process segment provides flue gas analyzers, water quality measuring devices, air pollution monitoring analyzers, environmental radiation measuring instruments, and process measurement equipment. The Medical segment offers hematology and CRP, immunology, clinical chemistry, and blood glucose analyzers, blood cell counters, biochemical testing devices, blood glucose testing devices, as well as coagulation/hemostasis analyzers. The Semiconductor segment provides mass flow controllers, chemical concentration monitors, semiconductor contaminant inspection equipment, and residual gas analyzer. The Scientific segment offers Raman spectrometers, pH meters, water quality measuring devices, particle size distribution measuring devices, X -ray fluorescence analyzers, elemental analyzers, fluorescence spectroscopy/lifetime measurement devices, spectrometer/detectors, and gratings. It also engages in the fund management, software development, and automation software for engine. The company's products are used in arts, entertainment, and recreation; education, research and development, and government institution; food and beverage; energy and environment; health care; industrials; information technology; water; materials; mobility and transport; and waste management applications. HORIBA, Ltd. was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.

About DiamondHead

DiamondHead Holdings Corp. does not have significant operations. It intends to effect a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or related business combination with one or more businesses. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is based in New York, New York.