BETA Technologies (BETA) & The Competition Critical Contrast

BETA Technologies (NYSE:BETA) is one of 230 publicly-traded companies in the “Aerospace & Defense” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare BETA Technologies to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and dividends.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares BETA Technologies and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
BETA Technologies	$35.62 million	-$745.87 million	-1.70
BETA Technologies Competitors	$8.43 billion	$572.47 million	26.95

BETA Technologies’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than BETA Technologies. BETA Technologies 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.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

49.4% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are held by institutional investors. 24.5% of BETA Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.1% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BETA Technologies	-1,913.91%	-96.24%	-48.20%
BETA Technologies Competitors	-305.55%	-31.46%	-4.73%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for BETA Technologies and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BETA Technologies	1	1	9	0	2.73
BETA Technologies Competitors	2076	8039	12368	542	2.49

BETA Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $31.11, indicating a potential upside of 40.52%. As a group, “Aerospace & Defense” companies have a potential upside of 30.15%. Given BETA Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe BETA Technologies is more favorable than its peers.

Summary

BETA Technologies peers beat BETA Technologies on 8 of the 12 factors compared.

BETA Technologies Company Profile

BETA Technologies Inc. is an electric aerospace company. It involved in designing, manufacturing and selling high-performance electric aircraft, advanced electric propulsion systems, components and charging systems. BETA Technologies Inc. is based in SOUTH BURLINGTON.