Head to Head Comparison: bpost NV/SA (OTCMKTS:BPOSY) and The Berkeley Group (OTCMKTS:BKGFY)

bpost NV/SA (OTCMKTS:BPOSY) and The Berkeley Group (OTCMKTS:BKGFY) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, earnings, risk and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares bpost NV/SA and The Berkeley Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
bpost NV/SA	1.96%	9.66%	2.37%
The Berkeley Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for bpost NV/SA and The Berkeley Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
bpost NV/SA	0	0	0	0	0.00
The Berkeley Group	0	0	0	1	4.00

Risk & Volatility

bpost NV/SA has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Berkeley Group has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares bpost NV/SA and The Berkeley Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
bpost NV/SA	$4.61 billion	0.08	$71.21 million	$0.45	4.24
The Berkeley Group	$3.10 billion	1.55	$500.02 million	N/A	N/A

The Berkeley Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than bpost NV/SA.

Dividends

bpost NV/SA pays an annual dividend of $0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. The Berkeley Group pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. bpost NV/SA pays out 15.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

The Berkeley Group beats bpost NV/SA on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About bpost NV/SA

bpost NV/SA, together with its subsidiaries, provides mail and parcel services to individuals, businesses, and public institutions in Belgium, rest of Europe, the United States, and internationally. It operates through Belgium, E-Logistics Eurasia, and E-Logistics North America segments. The company offers collection, transport, sorting, and distribution of addressed and non-addressed mail, printed documents, newspapers, periodicals, and parcels, as well as banking and financial products, e-commerce logistics, express delivery, and related services. It also provides transactional mails, advertising mails, press, domestic and international parcels, and logistic solutions; e-commerce fulfilment, including warehousing and handling of goods; e-commerce cross-border services, including custom duties services; operational back-office services, including call center, payment and financial, fraud and tax, administrative and document management services; and proximity and convenience services, such as the access to the network and over-the-counter service for different partners and sale of self-produced goods, as well as retail products and goods of partners, including bpost bank products; repair of electronics; and import services. The company was founded in 1830 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

About The Berkeley Group

The Berkeley Group Holdings plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the residential-led and mixed-use property development and ancillary activities in the United Kingdom. The company is involved in land selling activities. It operates under the Berkeley, St Edward, St George, St James, St Joseph, and St William brand names. The Berkeley Group Holdings plc was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Cobham, the United Kingdom.