DeFi Technologies (DEFT) & Its Peers Head to Head Analysis

DeFi Technologies (NASDAQ:DEFT) is one of 260 publicly-traded companies in the “Technology Services” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare DeFi Technologies to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
DeFi Technologies	$40.30 million	-$28.50 million	10.45
DeFi Technologies Competitors	$1.21 billion	$32.01 million	-14.82

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for DeFi Technologies and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DeFi Technologies	0	0	2	0	3.00
DeFi Technologies Competitors	448	2070	4577	225	2.63

DeFi Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $6.25, indicating a potential upside of 106.27%. As a group, “Technology Services” companies have a potential upside of 22.63%. Given DeFi Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe DeFi Technologies is more favorable than its peers.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

37.7% of shares of all “Technology Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 21.2% of shares of all “Technology Services” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DeFi Technologies	62.45%	171.79%	18.71%
DeFi Technologies Competitors	-269.09%	-105.35%	-20.64%

Volatility and Risk

DeFi Technologies has a beta of 4.02, suggesting that its stock price is 302% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DeFi Technologies’ peers have a beta of -13.69, suggesting that their average stock price is 1,469% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

DeFi Technologies beats its peers on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

DeFi Technologies Company Profile

DeFi Technologies, Inc. engages in the provision of investment services. It plans to acquire equity, debt, or other securities of publicly traded or private companies or other entities. The firm offers DeFi ETNs, DeFi Governance, DeFi Venture and DeFi Treasury. The company was founded by Olivier Francois Roussy Newton and Wouter Witvoet on April 14, 1986 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.