Reviewing Blaize (BZAI) and Its Peers

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blaize	N/A	N/A	-49.12%
Blaize Competitors	0.86%	0.95%	0.80%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Blaize and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Blaize	1	1	4	1	2.71
Blaize Competitors	214	263	217	3	2.01

Blaize currently has a consensus target price of $7.60, indicating a potential upside of 131.00%. As a group, “UNCLASSIFIED” companies have a potential upside of 3.55%. Given Blaize’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Blaize is more favorable than its rivals.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

97.1% of Blaize shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.0% of shares of all “UNCLASSIFIED” companies are held by institutional investors. 17.4% of Blaize shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 42.9% of shares of all “UNCLASSIFIED” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

Blaize has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blaize’s rivals have a beta of -0.07, suggesting that their average stock price is 107% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Blaize	$1.55 million	-$4.11 million	-5.77
Blaize Competitors	$46.94 million	-$19.62 million	92.69

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

Blaize beats its rivals 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.