Perfect (PERF) & Its Competitors Financial Survey

Profitability

This table compares Perfect and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Perfect	9.52%	4.36%	3.51%
Perfect Competitors	-196.71%	-55.34%	-6.49%

Volatility and Risk

Perfect has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Perfect’s competitors have a beta of 1.18, meaning that their average stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

60.0% of shares of all “INTERNET SOFTWARE” companies are owned by institutional investors. 44.7% of Perfect shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of shares of all “INTERNET SOFTWARE” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Perfect and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Perfect	$60.20 million	$5.02 million	32.00
Perfect Competitors	$2.16 billion	$340.73 million	5.27

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

Summary

Perfect beats its competitors on 5 of the 9 factors compared.

About Perfect

Perfect Corp. is a software as a service technology company, which engages in the business of developing makeup virtual try-on solutions. Its solutions include virtual try-ons for makeup, nail art, hairstyles, beard dye and styling, eyewear, jewelry, advanced skin diagnostic technology, foundation shade finder, and interactive artificial reality makeup application tutorial platform. Its brands include Estée Lauder, Clinique, MAC, e.l.e., benefit, Sally Hansen, Belcorp, Decorté, NARS, Aveda, Madisonreed, kate, Sofina iP, Jillstuart, Cosnova, Beekman, Marianna, Ardell, tarte, and Coffret D’or. It operates through the following geographical segments: United States, Japan, France, and Others. The company was founded by Alice H. Chang on February 13, 2015 and is headquartered in New Taipei, Taiwan.