Archer Aviation (ACHR) versus The Competition Head-To-Head Comparison

Archer Aviation (NYSE:ACHR) is one of 33 public companies in the “AEROSP/DEFENSE” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Archer Aviation to similar businesses based on the strength of its earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Archer Aviation and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Archer Aviation	0	1	8	0	2.89
Archer Aviation Competitors	393	2141	3330	121	2.53

Archer Aviation currently has a consensus target price of $13.13, indicating a potential downside of 1.97%. As a group, “AEROSP/DEFENSE” companies have a potential upside of 1.24%. Given Archer Aviation’s peers higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Archer Aviation has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

59.3% of Archer Aviation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.5% of shares of all “AEROSP/DEFENSE” companies are owned by institutional investors. 7.7% of Archer Aviation shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.3% of shares of all “AEROSP/DEFENSE” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Archer Aviation	N/A	-79.78%	-61.08%
Archer Aviation Competitors	-410.26%	-70.31%	-14.00%

Risk and Volatility

Archer Aviation has a beta of 3.1, indicating that its share price is 210% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Archer Aviation’s peers have a beta of 1.20, indicating that their average share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Archer Aviation and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Archer Aviation	N/A	-$536.80 million	-10.22
Archer Aviation Competitors	$18.81 billion	$730.78 million	9.59

Archer Aviation’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Archer Aviation. Archer Aviation 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.

Summary

Archer Aviation peers beat Archer Aviation on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

Archer Aviation Company Profile

Archer Aviation Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in designs, develops, and operates electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft for use in urban air mobility. The company was formerly known as Atlas Crest Investment Corp. and changed its name to Archer Aviation Inc. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California.