Critical Comparison: Polestar Automotive Holding UK (PSNY) versus Its Peers

Polestar Automotive Holding UK (NASDAQ:PSNY) is one of 70 public companies in the “Motor vehicles & car bodies” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Polestar Automotive Holding UK to related companies based on the strength of its risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation and profitability.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

1.0% of Polestar Automotive Holding UK shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.0% of shares of all “Motor vehicles & car bodies” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Polestar Automotive Holding UK shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of shares of all “Motor vehicles & car bodies” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

Polestar Automotive Holding UK has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Polestar Automotive Holding UK’s peers have a beta of 3.61, meaning that their average stock price is 261% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Polestar Automotive Holding UK and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Polestar Automotive Holding UK	2	3	1	0	1.83
Polestar Automotive Holding UK Competitors	931	2344	2986	139	2.36

Polestar Automotive Holding UK currently has a consensus price target of $1.58, indicating a potential upside of 26.40%. As a group, “Motor vehicles & car bodies” companies have a potential upside of 14.82%. Given Polestar Automotive Holding UK’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Polestar Automotive Holding UK is more favorable than its peers.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Polestar Automotive Holding UK and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Polestar Automotive Holding UK	$2.06 billion	-$1.19 billion	-2.19
Polestar Automotive Holding UK Competitors	$1,817.59 billion	$2.24 billion	-9.65

Polestar Automotive Holding UK’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Polestar Automotive Holding UK. Polestar Automotive Holding UK is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Polestar Automotive Holding UK and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Polestar Automotive Holding UK	N/A	N/A	N/A
Polestar Automotive Holding UK Competitors	-1,078.40%	-28.36%	-11.01%

Summary

Polestar Automotive Holding UK peers beat Polestar Automotive Holding UK on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

Polestar Automotive Holding UK Company Profile

Polestar Automotive Holding UK PLC manufactures and sells premium electric vehicles. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden.