Critical Analysis: Bending Spoons (BSP) versus Its Competitors

Bending Spoons (NASDAQ:BSP) is one of 957 public companies in the “Software” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Bending Spoons to similar businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

42.1% of shares of all “Software” companies are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Bending Spoons shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.9% of shares of all “Software” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Bending Spoons and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bending Spoons	$1.31 billion	-$140,000.00	48.73
Bending Spoons Competitors	$1.83 billion	$385.25 million	110.72

Bending Spoons’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Bending Spoons. Bending Spoons is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Bending Spoons and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bending Spoons	2	4	5	1	2.42
Bending Spoons Competitors	5629	21288	44426	1479	2.57

Bending Spoons currently has a consensus price target of $44.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.76%. As a group, “Software” companies have a potential upside of 323.52%. Given Bending Spoons’ competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bending Spoons has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Bending Spoons and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bending Spoons	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bending Spoons Competitors	-628.61%	17.49%	-9.04%

Summary

Bending Spoons competitors beat Bending Spoons on 9 of the 12 factors compared.

Bending Spoons Company Profile

Bending Spoons S.p.A. is a technology company. It acquires digital businesses, implements deep transformations and ongoing optimizations to sustainably expand earnings and reinvests in additional acquisitions, thereby continuing the compounding cycle. Bending Spoons S.p.A. is based in MILAN.