indie Semiconductor (INDI) vs. Its Competitors Head to Head Comparison

indie Semiconductor (NASDAQ:INDI) is one of 221 public companies in the “Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare indie Semiconductor to similar businesses based on the strength of its risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation and dividends.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
indie Semiconductor	-65.18%	-32.02%	-13.61%
indie Semiconductor Competitors	-1,280.76%	-126.57%	-4.15%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

67.7% of indie Semiconductor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.6% of shares of all “Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment” companies are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of indie Semiconductor shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of shares of all “Semiconductors & Semiconductor 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.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
indie Semiconductor	$217.39 million	-$143.07 million	-2.21
indie Semiconductor Competitors	$39.40 billion	$2.48 billion	25.54

indie Semiconductor’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than indie Semiconductor. indie Semiconductor 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.

Risk & Volatility

indie Semiconductor has a beta of 2.99, suggesting that its share price is 199% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, indie Semiconductor’s peers have a beta of 3.09, suggesting that their average share price is 209% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for indie Semiconductor and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
indie Semiconductor	1	2	1	0	2.00
indie Semiconductor Competitors	3480	12272	25642	986	2.57

indie Semiconductor currently has a consensus price target of $4.19, indicating a potential upside of 159.29%. As a group, “Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment” companies have a potential upside of 41.73%. Given indie Semiconductor’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe indie Semiconductor is more favorable than its peers.

Summary

indie Semiconductor peers beat indie Semiconductor on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About indie Semiconductor

indie Semiconductor, Inc. provides automotive semiconductors and software solutions for advanced driver assistance systems, autonomous vehicle, in-cabin, connected car, and electrification applications in the United States, South America, rest of North America, Greater China, South Korea, rest of the Asia Pacific, and Europe. It offers ultrasonic sensors for parking assist and systems; radar sensors for audio assistance and reverse information; front cameras for vehicle detection, collision avoidance, and sign reading; and side/inside cameras for blind spot and lane change assist, and driver behavior monitoring. The company also provides LiDAR for distance, speed, and obstacle detection, collision avoidance, and emergency brake system; and long range RADAR for audio assistance, obstacle detection, and ACC stop and go. In addition, it designs and manufactures photonic components on various technology platforms, including fiber Bragg gratings, low-noise lasers, athermal and tunable packaging, photonic integration, and low-noise and high-speed electronics. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California.