Comparing Fisker (FSRN) and Its Competitors

Fisker (NYSE:FSRN) is one of 70 public companies in the “Motor vehicles & car bodies” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Fisker to similar businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, profitability and risk.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Fisker and its rivals revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fisker	$272.89 million	-$939.95 million	-0.02
Fisker Competitors	$833.69 billion	$2.34 billion	-10.76

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

Volatility and Risk

Fisker has a beta of 0.13, suggesting that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fisker’s rivals have a beta of 3.61, suggesting that their average stock price is 261% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Fisker and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fisker	-278.72%	-161.43%	-23.26%
Fisker Competitors	-150.54%	-25.94%	-9.14%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

33.6% of Fisker shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.0% of shares of all “Motor vehicles & car bodies” companies are owned by institutional investors. 26.3% of Fisker shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.2% of shares of all “Motor vehicles & car bodies” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Fisker and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fisker	0	0	0	0	N/A
Fisker Competitors	962	2497	3395	151	2.39

As a group, “Motor vehicles & car bodies” companies have a potential upside of 7.44%. Given Fisker’s rivals higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fisker has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Summary

Fisker rivals beat Fisker on 8 of the 10 factors compared.

Fisker Company Profile

Fisker Inc. develops, manufactures, markets, leases, or sells electric vehicles. It operates through three segments: The White Space, The Value Segment, and The Conservative Premium segments. The company is also involved in asset-light automotive business. In addition, it offers fisker flexible platform agnostic design, a process that develops and designs electric vehicles in specific segment size. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Manhattan Beach, California.