NetEase (NTES) vs. Its Peers Critical Survey

NetEase (NASDAQ: NTES) is one of 180 publicly-traded companies in the “IT Services & Consulting” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare NetEase to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings and profitability.

Dividends

NetEase pays an annual dividend of $3.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. NetEase pays out 25.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “IT Services & Consulting” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.6% and pay out 40.2% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Risk & Volatility

NetEase has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NetEase’s peers have a beta of 1.13, suggesting that their average share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares NetEase and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
NetEase	$5.50 billion	$1.67 billion	23.81
NetEase Competitors	$2.79 billion	$290.02 million	312.55

NetEase has higher revenue and earnings than its peers. NetEase is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

50.5% of NetEase shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.0% of shares of all “IT Services & Consulting” companies are held by institutional investors. 54.7% of NetEase shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.5% of shares of all “IT Services & Consulting” companies are held by 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.

Profitability

This table compares NetEase and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NetEase	25.34%	31.84%	21.48%
NetEase Competitors	-21.04%	-281.34%	-5.25%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for NetEase and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NetEase	3	4	8	0	2.33
NetEase Competitors	739	4628	7360	165	2.54

NetEase currently has a consensus target price of $322.77, indicating a potential downside of 6.31%. As a group, “IT Services & Consulting” companies have a potential downside of 4.37%. Given NetEase’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe NetEase has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Summary

NetEase peers beat NetEase on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

About NetEase

NetEase, Inc. (NetEase) is a technology company. The Company operates an interactive online community in China and is a provider of Chinese language content and services through its online games, Internet media, e-mail, e-commerce and other businesses. The Company operates through three segments: Online Game Services; Advertising Services, and E-mail, E-commerce and Others. Its online games business primarily focuses on offering personal computer (PC)-client massively multi-player online role-playing games (PC-client MMORPGs), as well as mobile games to the Chinese market. The NetEase Websites provide Internet users with Chinese language online services centered over three core service categories, which include content, community and communication. Its online advertising offerings include banner advertising, direct e-mail, sponsored special events, games, contests and other activities. It offers free and fee-based premium e-mail services to its individual users and corporate users.

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