Financial Analysis: Richtech Robotics (RR) & The Competition

Richtech Robotics (NASDAQ:RR) is one of 24 publicly-traded companies in the “General industrial machinery,” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Richtech Robotics to related businesses based on the strength of its dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, valuation and risk.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Richtech Robotics and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Richtech Robotics	$4.39 million	-$8.14 million	-14.62
Richtech Robotics Competitors	$1.28 billion	$10.82 million	-22.38

Richtech Robotics’ rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Richtech Robotics. Richtech Robotics 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.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.0% of Richtech Robotics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.1% of shares of all “General industrial machinery,” companies are held by institutional investors. 41.3% of Richtech Robotics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of shares of all “General industrial machinery,” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Richtech Robotics	-203.60%	-32.24%	-29.63%
Richtech Robotics Competitors	-198.06%	-27.97%	-18.68%

Risk and Volatility

Richtech Robotics has a beta of -7.94, suggesting that its share price is 894% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Richtech Robotics’ rivals have a beta of 0.51, suggesting that their average share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Richtech Robotics and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Richtech Robotics	0	0	1	0	3.00
Richtech Robotics Competitors	103	380	465	16	2.41

Richtech Robotics currently has a consensus price target of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 57.89%. As a group, “General industrial machinery,” companies have a potential upside of 32.63%. Given Richtech Robotics’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Richtech Robotics is more favorable than its rivals.

Summary

Richtech Robotics rivals beat Richtech Robotics on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About Richtech Robotics

Richtech Robotics Inc. develops, manufactures, deploys, and sells robotic solutions for automation in the service industry. The company offers indoor transport and delivery, sanitation, and food and beverage automation solutions, such as ADAM and ARM worker robots; delivery robots, including Matradee, Matradee X, Matradee L, Richie, and Robbie; and cleaning robots comprising DUST-E SX, and DUST-E MX, as well as accessories, such as bus tubs, cup holders, magnetic tray cases, smartwatches, table location systems, and tray covers. It primarily serves restaurants, hotels, casinos, senior living centers, factories, and retail centers, as well as hospitals, and movie theaters. The company was formerly known as Richtech Creative Displays LLC and changed its name to Richtech Robotics Inc. on June 22, 2022. Richtech Robotics Inc. was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.