Head-To-Head Review: Rail Vision (RVSN) vs. Its Peers

Rail Vision (NASDAQ:RVSN) is one of 378 publicly-traded companies in the “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Rail Vision to similar businesses based on the strength of its valuation, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Volatility & Risk

Rail Vision has a beta of -1.16, indicating that its stock price is 216% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rail Vision’s competitors have a beta of -0.31, indicating that their average stock price is 131% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Rail Vision and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rail Vision	N/A	N/A	N/A
Rail Vision Competitors	-184.39%	-149.91%	-6.96%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

12.1% of Rail Vision shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.5% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are owned by institutional investors. 8.7% of Rail Vision shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.4% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Rail Vision and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rail Vision	1	1	0	0	1.50
Rail Vision Competitors	1996	7513	10234	626	2.47

As a group, “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies have a potential upside of 23.44%. Given Rail Vision’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Rail Vision has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Rail Vision and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rail Vision	$1.49 million	-$11.10 million	-0.06
Rail Vision Competitors	$3.99 billion	$190.58 million	-5.68

Rail Vision’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Rail Vision. Rail Vision 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

Rail Vision competitors beat Rail Vision on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

Rail Vision Company Profile

Rail Vision Ltd. designs, develops, assembles, and sells railway detection systems for railway operational safety, efficiency, and predictive maintenance in Israel. The company's railway detection systems include various cameras, such as optics, visible light spectrum cameras (video), and thermal cameras that transmit data to a ruggedized on-board computer that is designed to be suitable for the rough environment of a train's locomotive. It offers main line systems for the safety of train operations, prevention of collisions, and reduction of downtime; railway detection system for passengers and freight trains; shunting yard systems for shunting operations; and light rail vehicle systems for detecting and classifying obstacles. The company also provides rail vision big data services, as well as maintenance and predictive maintenance systems; and geographic information systems for mapping and updates. Rail Vision Ltd. was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Ra'anana, Israel.