Contrasting SES AI (SES) and The Competition

SES AI (NYSE:SES) is one of 216 publicly-traded companies in the “Electrical Equipment” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare SES AI to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Volatility and Risk

SES AI has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SES AI’s peers have a beta of -21.36, indicating that their average stock price is 2,236% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SES AI	-289.64%	-26.21%	-20.78%
SES AI Competitors	-354.39%	-45.14%	-7.93%

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
SES AI	$21.00 million	-$73.04 million	-3.97
SES AI Competitors	$2.38 billion	$142.37 million	21.52

SES AI’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than SES AI. SES AI 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 breakdown of current ratings for SES AI and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SES AI	1	1	1	0	2.00
SES AI Competitors	2279	5148	7186	433	2.38

SES AI presently has a consensus target price of $2.55, indicating a potential upside of 221.40%. As a group, “Electrical Equipment” companies have a potential upside of 41.75%. Given SES AI’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe SES AI is more favorable than its peers.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

29.8% of SES AI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.4% of shares of all “Electrical Equipment” companies are held by institutional investors. 13.8% of SES AI shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.1% of shares of all “Electrical Equipment” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

SES AI peers beat SES AI on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About SES AI

SES AI Corporation engages in the development and production of high-performance Lithium-metal rechargeable batteries for electric vehicles, electric vehicle take-off and landing, and other applications. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts.