Climb Global Solutions (CLMB) and The Competition Critical Analysis

Climb Global Solutions (NASDAQ:CLMB) is one of 376 publicly-traded companies in the “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Climb Global Solutions to related businesses based on the strength of its risk, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

49.7% of Climb Global Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.5% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Climb Global Solutions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.4% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Climb Global Solutions and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Climb Global Solutions	0	1	2	2	3.20
Climb Global Solutions Competitors	2059	7638	10469	670	2.47

Climb Global Solutions presently has a consensus price target of $31.00, suggesting a potential downside of 25.61%. As a group, “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies have a potential upside of 34.62%. Given Climb Global Solutions’ competitors higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Climb Global Solutions has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Volatility & Risk

Climb Global Solutions has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Climb Global Solutions’ competitors have a beta of -0.24, suggesting that their average share price is 124% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Climb Global Solutions and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Climb Global Solutions	3.08%	19.56%	5.09%
Climb Global Solutions Competitors	-143.90%	-24.05%	-6.42%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Climb Global Solutions and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Climb Global Solutions	$652.52 million	$21.33 million	32.30
Climb Global Solutions Competitors	$4.14 billion	$173.71 million	3.36

Climb Global Solutions’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Climb Global Solutions. Climb Global Solutions is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Climb Global Solutions beats its competitors on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About Climb Global Solutions

Climb Global Solutions, Inc. is a technology distributor that connects software and hardware vendors with resellers and other channel partners. Through its distribution and services businesses, the company supports the sale and implementation of technology products for organizations and their customers. Its offerings span areas including cloud computing, cybersecurity, data management, networking and IT infrastructure. Climb also provides services such as technical support, training and marketing assistance to help channel partners bring technology solutions to market.