Head-to-Head Review: Square Enix (OTCMKTS:SQNXF) and Arkema (OTCMKTS:ARKAY)

Square Enix ( OTCMKTS:SQNXF – Get a Free Report ) and Arkema ( OTCMKTS:ARKAY – Get a Free Report ) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We’ll compare the two businesses based on earnings strength, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.

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This table compares Square Enix and Arkema’s net margins, return on equity, and return on assets.

Rating and Earnings

This table compares Square Enix and Arkema’s revenue, earnings per share (EPS), and valuation.

Arkema has higher revenue and earnings than Square Enix. Arkema is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Square Enix, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommendations for Square Enix and Arkema as provided by MarketBeat.

Risk and volatility

Square Enix has a beta of 0.4, suggesting its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arkema has a beta of 1.27, suggesting its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. more volatile than the S&P 500.

About Square Enix

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Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd. operates in content and service businesses in Japan and internationally. It operates through Digital Entertainment Business, Amusement Business, Publishing Business and Rights Property Business. The company plans, develops, sells and manages digital entertainment content, primarily in the form of computer games. It is also involved in the operation of amusement facilities; and the planning, development, manufacture, sale and rental of arcade game machines and related products for amusement facilities. In addition, the company publishes and licenses comic books, magazines, game-related books, periodicals, etc. In addition, it plans, produces, distributes and licenses secondary works; and offers content under the SQUARE ENIX PRODUCTS brand; and stuffed toys and utility goods under the SQEX TOYS brand. The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

About Arkema

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Arkema SA manufactures and sells specialty chemicals and advanced materials worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Adhesive Solutions, Advanced Materials and Coating Solutions and Intermediates. The Adhesive Solutions segment provides solutions for construction, building renovation, DIY, consumer durables, and packaging and nonwovens applications; and provides technologies used in construction activities for businesses and individuals, including sealants, tiles, floor adhesives and waterproofing systems, as well as technologies used in industry, which include the automotive, textile, glazing, flexible and rigid packaging markets and hygiene markets. This segment also offers performance polymers such as specialty polyamides, PVDF, polyimides, fluorospecialties and polyetherketone ketone; and performance additives that include molecular sieves, organic peroxides, thiochemicals and hydrogen peroxide. The Advance Materials and Coating Solutions segment offers coating solutions, including EU/US acrylics and coating resins; coating additives such as sartomer light curing resins and coatex rheology additives. This segment also offers decorative paints, industrial coatings and adhesives; and solutions for applications in the paper, superabsorbent, water treatment and oil and gas extraction industries, as well as in the 3D printing and electronics industries. The Intermediate segment provides fluorogases and acrylics; and intermediate industrial chemicals used in the construction, refrigeration and air conditioning, automotive, coatings and water treatment sectors. Arkema SA was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Colombes, France.

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