China BAK Battery (CBAT) & Its Peers Head-To-Head Review

China BAK Battery (NASDAQ:CBAT) is one of 216 publicly-traded companies in the “Electrical Equipment” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare China BAK Battery to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for China BAK Battery and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
China BAK Battery	1	0	0	0	1.00
China BAK Battery Competitors	2285	5162	7215	437	2.38

As a group, “Electrical Equipment” companies have a potential upside of 53.73%. Given China BAK Battery’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe China BAK Battery has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

2.0% of China BAK Battery shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.4% of shares of all “Electrical Equipment” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of China BAK Battery shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.9% of shares of all “Electrical 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.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares China BAK Battery and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
China BAK Battery	$195.19 million	-$9.38 million	-5.87
China BAK Battery Competitors	$2.44 billion	$142.48 million	20.48

China BAK Battery’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than China BAK Battery. China BAK Battery is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares China BAK Battery and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
China BAK Battery	-7.43%	-15.32%	-4.23%
China BAK Battery Competitors	-354.45%	-44.26%	-7.93%

Volatility & Risk

China BAK Battery has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, China BAK Battery’s rivals have a beta of -20.43, indicating that their average stock price is 2,143% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

China BAK Battery rivals beat China BAK Battery on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

China BAK Battery Company Profile

CBAK Energy Technology, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufacture, commercialization, and distribution of lithium ion high power rechargeable batteries in Mainland China, the United States, Europe, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, CBAK and Hitrans. Its lithium batteries are used in various applications, including electric vehicles, such as electric cars, electric buses, and hybrid electric cars and buses; light electric vehicles, such as electric bicycles, electric motors, electric tricycles, and smaller-sized electric cars; and electric tools, energy storage, uninterruptible power supply, and other high power applications, as well as cordless power tools. The company also develops and manufactures NCM precursor and cathode materials. The company was formerly known as China BAK Battery, Inc. and changed its name to CBAK Energy Technology, Inc. in January 2017. CBAK Energy Technology, Inc. is based in Dalian, China.