Head-To-Head Contrast: Pony AI (PONY) versus Its Peers

Pony AI (NASDAQ:PONY) is one of 14 publicly-traded companies in the “TRANS – EQP&LSNG” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Pony AI to similar companies based on the strength of its profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

86.4% of shares of all “TRANS – EQP&LSNG” companies are owned by institutional investors. 10.3% of shares of all “TRANS – EQP&LSNG” 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Pony AI and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pony AI	1	0	7	1	2.89
Pony AI Competitors	132	579	1005	66	2.56

Pony AI currently has a consensus target price of $20.42, suggesting a potential upside of 47.54%. As a group, “TRANS – EQP&LSNG” companies have a potential upside of 11.02%. Given Pony AI’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pony AI is more favorable than its rivals.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Pony AI and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pony AI	$75.03 million	-$274.12 million	-11.07
Pony AI Competitors	$3.78 billion	$360.72 million	6.19

Pony AI’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Pony AI. Pony AI 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.

Profitability

This table compares Pony AI and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pony AI	N/A	N/A	N/A
Pony AI Competitors	10.91%	4.90%	2.78%

Summary

Pony AI rivals beat Pony AI on 8 of the 12 factors compared.

About Pony AI

Pony AI Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the autonomous mobility principally in the People’s Republic of China and the United States. The company provides robotruck services, such as transportation services to the logistics platforms. Pony AI Inc. is based in Guangzhou, the People’s Republic of China.