Financial Survey: Archer Aviation (ACHR) versus Its Competitors

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

Volatility and Risk

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

Profitability

This table compares Archer Aviation and its rivals’ 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	-410.20%	-70.19%	-13.98%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Archer Aviation and its rivals revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Archer Aviation	N/A	-$536.80 million	-10.14
Archer Aviation Competitors	$18.92 billion	$730.78 million	9.66

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

Institutional and Insider 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Archer Aviation and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Archer Aviation	0	1	8	0	2.89
Archer Aviation Competitors	393	2143	3333	121	2.53

Archer Aviation currently has a consensus target price of $13.13, indicating a potential downside of 1.17%. As a group, “AEROSP/DEFENSE” companies have a potential upside of 2.07%. Given Archer Aviation’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Archer Aviation has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Summary

Archer Aviation rivals 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.