Reviewing Fisker (FSRN) & Its Competitors

Fisker (NYSE:FSRN) is one of 66 publicly-traded companies in the “Motor vehicles & car bodies” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Fisker to related companies based on the strength of its earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fisker	$272.89 million	-$761.99 million	-0.02
Fisker Competitors	$46.75 billion	$2.55 billion	-7.47

Fisker’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Fisker. Fisker is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Fisker and its rivals’ 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	-150.59%	-24.60%	-9.13%

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 rivals have a beta of 3.78, suggesting that their average stock price is 278% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Fisker and its rivals, 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	961	2493	3376	151	2.39

As a group, “Motor vehicles & car bodies” companies have a potential upside of 9.27%. Given Fisker’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Fisker has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

33.6% of Fisker shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.9% of shares of all “Motor vehicles & car bodies” companies are owned by institutional investors. 26.3% of Fisker shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.8% of shares of all “Motor vehicles & car bodies” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Fisker rivals beat Fisker on 8 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.