Head to Head Contrast: Aeluma (ALMU) & The Competition

Aeluma (NASDAQ:ALMU) is one of 219 public companies in the “Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Aeluma to related businesses based on the strength of its profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

54.8% of shares of all “Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment” companies are owned by institutional investors. 14.7% of Aeluma shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.1% of shares of all “Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aeluma	$4.66 million	-$3.02 million	-52.29
Aeluma Competitors	$6.64 billion	$1.80 billion	46.85

Aeluma’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Aeluma. Aeluma 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.

Volatility and Risk

Aeluma has a beta of 4.18, meaning that its stock price is 318% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aeluma’s peers have a beta of 2.00, meaning that their average stock price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Aeluma and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aeluma	1	0	2	1	2.75
Aeluma Competitors	3330	11909	24875	902	2.57

Aeluma currently has a consensus price target of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 36.61%. As a group, “Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment” companies have a potential upside of 12.87%. Given Aeluma’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Aeluma is more favorable than its peers.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aeluma	-115.57%	-12.03%	-11.42%
Aeluma Competitors	-251.63%	-125.50%	-3.30%

Summary

Aeluma beats its peers on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

Aeluma Company Profile

Aeluma, Inc. develops optoelectronic and electronic devices in the United States. The company manufactures semiconductor materials and chips using compound semiconductors on diameter substrates that are used to manufacture mass market microelectronics. It offers its devices for use in mobile, automotive, AI, defence and aerospace, communication, AR/VR, and HPC applications, as well as laser emitters, transistors for integrated circuits, quantum photonic circuits, and solar cells applications. Aeluma, Inc. was formerly known as Parc Investments, Inc. and changed its name to Aeluma, Inc. June 2021. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Goleta, California.