Critical Analysis: Blaize (BZAI) versus The Competition

Blaize (NASDAQ:BZAI) is one of 89 public companies in the “UNCLASSIFIED” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Blaize to related companies based on the strength of its dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blaize	N/A	N/A	-31.40%
Blaize Competitors	1.28%	1.37%	1.15%

Risk and Volatility

Blaize has a beta of 0.29, meaning that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blaize’s peers have a beta of -0.09, meaning that their average share price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

97.1% of Blaize shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.0% of shares of all “UNCLASSIFIED” companies are owned by institutional investors. 17.4% of Blaize shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 44.7% of shares of all “UNCLASSIFIED” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Blaize and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Blaize	$1.55 million	-$4.11 million	-3.52
Blaize Competitors	$41.37 million	-$18.84 million	74.06

Blaize’s peers have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Blaize. Blaize is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Blaize and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Blaize	1	1	4	1	2.71
Blaize Competitors	283	269	217	3	1.92

Blaize currently has a consensus target price of $7.60, suggesting a potential upside of 204.00%. As a group, “UNCLASSIFIED” companies have a potential upside of 32.83%. Given Blaize’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Blaize is more favorable than its peers.

Summary

Blaize beats its peers on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About Blaize

Blaize® has created a transformative new compute solution that unites silicon and software to optimize AI from the edge to the core. We’re partnering with customers to transform their products so they can deliver better experiences and better lives.