Critical Analysis: Keel Infrastructure (KEEL) and The Competition

Keel Infrastructure (NASDAQ:KEEL) is one of 957 public companies in the “Software” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Keel Infrastructure to related companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

20.6% of Keel Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.4% of shares of all “Software” companies are owned by institutional investors. 9.5% of Keel Infrastructure shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.8% of shares of all “Software” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Keel Infrastructure and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Keel Infrastructure	$229.28 million	-$284.54 million	-13.57
Keel Infrastructure Competitors	$1.81 billion	$386.74 million	104.79

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

Profitability

This table compares Keel Infrastructure and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Keel Infrastructure	-230.59%	-66.18%	-27.74%
Keel Infrastructure Competitors	-627.42%	25.96%	-9.06%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Keel Infrastructure and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Keel Infrastructure	1	0	7	0	2.75
Keel Infrastructure Competitors	5535	21188	44240	1463	2.57

Keel Infrastructure currently has a consensus target price of $6.25, indicating a potential upside of 53.56%. As a group, “Software” companies have a potential upside of 332.53%. Given Keel Infrastructure’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Keel Infrastructure has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Risk and Volatility

Keel Infrastructure has a beta of 4.06, meaning that its stock price is 306% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Keel Infrastructure’s competitors have a beta of 1.19, meaning that their average stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Keel Infrastructure competitors beat Keel Infrastructure on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About Keel Infrastructure

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