Analyzing Polestar Automotive Holding UK (PSNY) and Its Peers

Polestar Automotive Holding UK (NASDAQ:PSNY) is one of 76 public companies in the “Motor vehicles & car bodies” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Polestar Automotive Holding UK to similar companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, valuation and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Polestar Automotive Holding UK and its competitors, as reported 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	1005	2601	3467	160	2.38

Polestar Automotive Holding UK presently has a consensus target price of $1.58, suggesting a potential upside of 30.58%. As a group, “Motor vehicles & car bodies” companies have a potential upside of 6.28%. Given Polestar Automotive Holding UK’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Polestar Automotive Holding UK is more favorable than its competitors.

Risk and Volatility

Polestar Automotive Holding UK has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Polestar Automotive Holding UK’s competitors have a beta of 3.48, meaning that their average stock price is 248% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Polestar Automotive Holding UK and its competitors’ 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	-1,663.74%	-28.25%	-11.01%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Polestar Automotive Holding UK and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Polestar Automotive Holding UK	$2.38 billion	-$1.19 billion	-2.12
Polestar Automotive Holding UK Competitors	$946.60 billion	$2.76 billion	10.51

Polestar Automotive Holding UK’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Polestar Automotive Holding UK. Polestar Automotive Holding UK 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.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

1.0% of Polestar Automotive Holding UK shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.3% of shares of all “Motor vehicles & car bodies” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Polestar Automotive Holding UK shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.1% of shares of all “Motor vehicles & car bodies” companies are owned 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.

Summary

Polestar Automotive Holding UK competitors beat Polestar Automotive Holding UK on 9 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.