Fisker (FSRN) versus Its Competitors Financial Comparison

Fisker (NYSE:FSRN) is one of 68 public companies in the “Motor vehicles & car bodies” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Fisker to related companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fisker	-278.72%	-110.93%	-23.14%
Fisker Competitors	-150.56%	-24.46%	-9.06%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Fisker and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fisker	$272.89 million	-$761.99 million	-0.02
Fisker Competitors	$865.15 billion	$2.49 billion	19.24

Fisker’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Fisker. Fisker 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Fisker and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fisker	0	0	0	0	N/A
Fisker Competitors	957	2477	3360	151	2.39

As a group, “Motor vehicles & car bodies” companies have a potential upside of 15.97%. Given Fisker’s peers higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fisker has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

33.6% of Fisker shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.5% of shares of all “Motor vehicles & car bodies” companies are held by institutional investors. 26.3% of Fisker shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.8% of shares of all “Motor vehicles & car bodies” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

Fisker has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fisker’s peers have a beta of 3.72, suggesting that their average stock price is 272% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Fisker peers beat Fisker on 9 of the 10 factors compared.

About Fisker

Fisker Inc. develops, manufactures, markets, leases, or sells electric vehicles. It operates through three segments: The White Space, The Value Segment, and The Conservative Premium segments. The company is also involved in asset-light automotive business. In addition, it offers fisker flexible platform agnostic design, a process that develops and designs electric vehicles in specific segment size. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Manhattan Beach, California.