Critical Comparison: Aeries Technology (AERT) vs. Its Peers

Aeries Technology (NASDAQ:AERT) is one of 203 publicly-traded companies in the “Professional Services” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Aeries Technology to related businesses based on the strength of its risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.

Volatility & Risk

Aeries Technology has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aeries Technology’s competitors have a beta of 0.96, indicating that their average stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Aeries Technology and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aeries Technology	$76.60 million	$2.55 million	12.63
Aeries Technology Competitors	$3.29 billion	$228.38 million	33.54

Aeries Technology’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Aeries Technology. Aeries Technology 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 Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Aeries Technology and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aeries Technology	0	1	0	0	2.00
Aeries Technology Competitors	1591	6474	9182	432	2.48

As a group, “Professional Services” companies have a potential upside of 27.34%. Given Aeries Technology’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Aeries Technology has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

99.2% of Aeries Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.4% of shares of all “Professional Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 63.6% of Aeries Technology shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% of shares of all “Professional Services” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Aeries Technology and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aeries Technology	3.68%	-114.69%	6.81%
Aeries Technology Competitors	0.21%	36.58%	4.42%

Summary

Aeries Technology competitors beat Aeries Technology on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

Aeries Technology Company Profile

Aeries Technology, Inc. operates as a professional services and consulting partner in the North America, Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company offers management consultancy services for private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, including software solutions, product management, IT infrastructure, information and cyber security, ERP and CRM platform management, business process management, and digital transformation services. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Singapore.