Dundee Precious Metals (OTCMKTS:DPMLF) and Bank of East Asia (OTCMKTS:BKEAY) Critical Review

Bank of East Asia (OTCMKTS:BKEAY) and Dundee Precious Metals (OTCMKTS:DPMLF) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Profitability

This table compares Bank of East Asia and Dundee Precious Metals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bank of East Asia	N/A	N/A	N/A
Dundee Precious Metals	38.84%	19.41%	16.66%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Bank of East Asia and Dundee Precious Metals”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bank of East Asia	$5.56 billion	0.64	$525.87 million	N/A	N/A
Dundee Precious Metals	$606.99 million	3.41	$235.88 million	$1.31	9.09

Bank of East Asia has higher revenue and earnings than Dundee Precious Metals.

Volatility and Risk

Bank of East Asia has a beta of 0.23, meaning that its share price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dundee Precious Metals has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

Bank of East Asia pays an annual dividend of $0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Dundee Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Dundee Precious Metals pays out 12.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Bank of East Asia and Dundee Precious Metals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bank of East Asia	0	0	0	0	0.00
Dundee Precious Metals	0	0	0	1	4.00

Summary

Dundee Precious Metals beats Bank of East Asia on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Bank of East Asia

The Bank of East Asia, Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides various banking and related financial services. Its personal banking services include corporate, individual, savings, current, time deposit, and supreme accounts; and time deposits, foreign currency deposits, MAS services, and auto-payroll products, as well as safe deposit boxes and remittance services. The company also provides corporate banking services, such as SME loans and financing guarantee schemes; corporate and commercial financing products, including syndicated and construction loans, acquisition and structured financing, working capital financing, share financing and IPO-related loans, and commercial mortgages; trade finance services and expert trade solutions; factoring services; import and export trade finance; guarantee services; eTradeConnect that allows buyers and sellers to connect, transact, share information, and submit applications for financing through a single platform; cash management services; corporate wealth management products; foreign exchange and treasury products; and marine cargo, property, trade credit, employee compensation, life, savings, and endowment insurance plans. In addition, it offers private banking services comprising investment advisory services; investment solutions, such as unit trusts, linked deposits, currency trading and management, global equities and bonds investments, structured products, and options and derivatives; portfolio management services; securities and futures broking services; cyber banking, credit cards, and ATM; and various international services. The company operates outlets in Hong Kong, rest of Greater China, Singapore, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The Bank of East Asia, Limited was incorporated in 1918 and is headquartered in Central, Hong Kong.

About Dundee Precious Metals

Dundee Precious Metals Inc., a gold mining company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, mining, and processing of precious metals. The company primarily explores for gold, copper, and silver deposits. It holds a portfolio of projects located in Bulgaria, Namibia, Serbia, and Ecuador. The company is based in Toronto, Canada.