Perfect (PERF) and The Competition Head-To-Head Review

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Perfect	$60.20 million	$5.02 million	31.92
Perfect Competitors	$2.16 billion	$338.54 million	-3.62

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.

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	-199.45%	-65.58%	-6.44%

Volatility & Risk

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

60.4% of shares of all “INTERNET SOFTWARE” companies are held by institutional investors. 18.1% of shares of all “INTERNET SOFTWARE” companies are held 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.

Summary

Perfect competitors beat Perfect on 5 of the 9 factors compared.

Perfect Company Profile

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.