Critical Review: MassRoots (MSRT) and Its Peers

Institutional and Insider Ownership

22.1% of MassRoots shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.8% of shares of all “Computer Programming, Data Processing, & Other Computer Related” companies are owned by institutional investors. 6.1% of MassRoots shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.6% of shares of all “Computer Programming, Data Processing, & Other Computer Related” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

MassRoots has a beta of 2.45, meaning that its stock price is 145% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MassRoots’ peers have a beta of 1.21, meaning that their average stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
MassRoots	$10,000.00	-$14.71 million	645.00
MassRoots Competitors	$1.03 billion	$4.75 million	-124,957.46

MassRoots’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than MassRoots. MassRoots 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.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MassRoots	N/A	-139.45%	N/A
MassRoots Competitors	-5.74%	-12.84%	-3.11%

Summary

MassRoots peers beat MassRoots on 5 of the 9 factors compared.

About MassRoots

MassRoots, Inc. engages in the development and provision of social media network for the cannabis community. It offers WeedPass, a rewards program which enables consumers to earn tickets to movies, sporting events, and festivals by shopping at participating dispensaries. The company was founded by Isaac Dietrich, Stewart Fortier, Tyler Knight, and Hyler Fortier in April 2013 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.