Beneficient (BENF) vs. The Competition Head-To-Head Survey

Beneficient (NASDAQ:BENF) is one of 150 publicly-traded companies in the “FIN – MISC SVCS” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Beneficient to similar companies based on the strength of its earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.

Risk & Volatility

Beneficient has a beta of -0.01, indicating that its stock price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beneficient’s peers have a beta of 4.38, indicating that their average stock price is 338% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Beneficient and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Beneficient	N/A	N/A	-0.05
Beneficient Competitors	$3.72 billion	$294.65 million	13.45

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

90.6% of Beneficient shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.7% of shares of all “FIN – MISC SVCS” companies are held by institutional investors. 10.1% of Beneficient shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of shares of all “FIN – MISC SVCS” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Beneficient and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Beneficient	N/A	N/A	N/A
Beneficient Competitors	-54.09%	-5.11%	-1.91%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Beneficient and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Beneficient	1	0	0	0	1.00
Beneficient Competitors	1390	3686	5286	255	2.41

As a group, “FIN – MISC SVCS” companies have a potential upside of 20.98%. Given Beneficient’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Beneficient has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Summary

Beneficient peers beat Beneficient on 8 of the 12 factors compared.

About Beneficient

Beneficient, a technology-enabled financial services company, provides liquidity solutions and related trustee, custody and trust administrative services to participants in the alternative asset industry in the United States. It operates through Ben Liquidity, Ben Custody, and Customer ExAlt Trusts segments. The company offers Ben AltAccess platform for secure, online, and end-to-end delivery of each of the Ben business unit products and services, including upload documents, and work through tasks, and complete their transactions with standardized transaction agreements. It also provides Ben Liquidity, which offers alternative asset liquidity and fiduciary financing products; Ben Custody that provides custody and trust administration services to trustees and document custodian services to customers; and Ben Markets, which provides broker-dealer and transfer agency services. In addition, the company provides Ben Insurance Services, which offers insurance products and services; and Ben Data that provides data collection, evaluation, and analytics products and services. It serves individual and institutional investors, wealth advisors, and general partners. Beneficient is based in Dallas, Texas.