Reviewing Swvl (SWVL) & Its Peers

Swvl (NASDAQ:SWVL) is one of 258 publicly-traded companies in the “Technology Services” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Swvl to related businesses based on the strength of its dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, risk and valuation.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Swvl	N/A	N/A	N/A
Swvl Competitors	-401.65%	-643.41%	-15.37%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Swvl and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Swvl	1	0	0	0	1.00
Swvl Competitors	1145	2492	5107	287	2.50

As a group, “Technology Services” companies have a potential upside of 36.54%. Given Swvl’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Swvl has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Swvl and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Swvl	$17.21 million	-$10.34 million	0.32
Swvl Competitors	$1.28 billion	$24.78 million	-1.33

Swvl’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Swvl. Swvl 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.

Risk and Volatility

Swvl has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Swvl’s peers have a beta of -15.10, indicating that their average stock price is 1,610% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

34.0% of Swvl shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.4% of shares of all “Technology Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 29.9% of Swvl shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.7% of shares of all “Technology Services” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Swvl peers beat Swvl on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About Swvl

Swvl Holdings Corp. provides mass transit ridesharing services. It offers B2C Swvl Retail, which provides riders with a network of minibuses and other vehicles running on fixed or semi-fixed routes within cities; Swvl Travel that allows riders to book rides on long-distance intercity routes on vehicle available through the Swvl platform or through third-party services; and Swvl Business, a transport as a service enterprise product for businesses, schools, municipal transit agencies, and other customers. Swvl Holdings Corp. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.