CSLM Acquisition (SPWR) & The Competition Critical Comparison

CSLM Acquisition (NASDAQ:SPWR) is one of 216 publicly-traded companies in the “Electrical Equipment” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare CSLM Acquisition to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares CSLM Acquisition and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
CSLM Acquisition	$300.00 million	-$45.35 million	-1.41
CSLM Acquisition Competitors	$2.38 billion	$142.37 million	20.00

CSLM Acquisition’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than CSLM Acquisition. CSLM Acquisition 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.

Volatility & Risk

CSLM Acquisition has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CSLM Acquisition’s peers have a beta of -20.29, meaning that their average stock price is 2,129% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

47.4% of CSLM Acquisition shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.3% of shares of all “Electrical Equipment” companies are owned by institutional investors. 24.5% of CSLM Acquisition shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.7% of shares of all “Electrical Equipment” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CSLM Acquisition	-4.82%	N/A	-5.38%
CSLM Acquisition Competitors	-354.39%	-45.12%	-7.92%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for CSLM Acquisition and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CSLM Acquisition	1	0	0	0	1.00
CSLM Acquisition Competitors	2283	5156	7199	437	2.38

As a group, “Electrical Equipment” companies have a potential upside of 44.03%. Given CSLM Acquisition’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CSLM Acquisition has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Summary

CSLM Acquisition peers beat CSLM Acquisition on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About CSLM Acquisition

Complete Solaria, Inc. engages in the provision of solar services. It offers sales enablement, project management, partner coordination, and customer communication. The company is headquartered in San Ramon, CA and does business as SunPower Corporation.