Head to Head Comparison: CSLM Acquisition (SPWR) & Its Rivals

CSLM Acquisition (NASDAQ:SPWR) is one of 52 publicly-traded companies in the “Solar” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare CSLM Acquisition to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings, valuation and risk.

Profitability

This table compares CSLM Acquisition and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CSLM Acquisition	-18.51%	-0.35%	0.27%
CSLM Acquisition Competitors	-2,292.28%	-484.26%	-18.15%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for CSLM Acquisition and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CSLM Acquisition	1	1	2	1	2.60
CSLM Acquisition Competitors	562	1463	2246	65	2.42

CSLM Acquisition presently has a consensus target price of $5.70, indicating a potential upside of 260.76%. As a group, “Solar” companies have a potential downside of 4.23%. Given CSLM Acquisition’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe CSLM Acquisition is more favorable than its rivals.

Risk and Volatility

CSLM Acquisition has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CSLM Acquisition’s rivals have a beta of 3.50, indicating that their average stock price is 250% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

47.4% of CSLM Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.8% of shares of all “Solar” companies are held by institutional investors. 32.3% of CSLM Acquisition shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.8% of shares of all “Solar” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares CSLM Acquisition and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
CSLM Acquisition	$108.74 million	-$56.45 million	-2.26
CSLM Acquisition Competitors	$4.06 billion	-$160.68 million	0.82

CSLM Acquisition’s rivals have higher revenue, but lower earnings than CSLM Acquisition. CSLM Acquisition 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.

Summary

CSLM Acquisition beats its rivals on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About CSLM Acquisition

Complete Solaria, Inc. engages in the provision of solar services. It offers sales enablement, project management, partner coordination, and customer communication. The company is headquartered in San Ramon, CA and does business as SunPower Corporation.