Analyzing Terrestrial Energy (IMSR) and Its Rivals

Terrestrial Energy (NASDAQ:IMSR) is one of 219 public companies in the “Electrical Equipment” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Terrestrial Energy to similar businesses based on the strength of its valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Terrestrial Energy and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Terrestrial Energy	1	1	2	0	2.25
Terrestrial Energy Competitors	2190	5210	7234	416	2.39

Terrestrial Energy presently has a consensus price target of $13.50, suggesting a potential upside of 151.87%. As a group, “Electrical Equipment” companies have a potential upside of 19.82%. Given Terrestrial Energy’s higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Terrestrial Energy is more favorable than its peers.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Terrestrial Energy	N/A	-23.24%	-11.93%
Terrestrial Energy Competitors	-222.58%	-206.70%	-8.34%

Volatility & Risk

Terrestrial Energy has a beta of 2.39, suggesting that its share price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Terrestrial Energy’s peers have a beta of -19.50, suggesting that their average share price is 2,050% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

38.1% of shares of all “Electrical Equipment” companies are held by institutional investors. 28.6% of Terrestrial Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.3% of shares of all “Electrical Equipment” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Terrestrial Energy	$250,000.00	-$28.02 million	-53.60
Terrestrial Energy Competitors	$2.34 billion	$132.29 million	25.32

Terrestrial Energy’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Terrestrial Energy. Terrestrial Energy 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.

Summary

Terrestrial Energy peers beat Terrestrial Energy on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

Terrestrial Energy Company Profile

Terrestrial Energy Inc. produces carbon free nuclear energy in North Carolina and internationally. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.