Analyzing Accelerant (ARX) & The Competition

Accelerant (NYSE:ARX) is one of 316 publicly-traded companies in the “Insurance” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Accelerant to similar companies based on the strength of its risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Accelerant and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Accelerant	1	2	10	0	2.69
Accelerant Competitors	3197	15255	16065	669	2.40

Accelerant presently has a consensus price target of $18.60, indicating a potential upside of 37.07%. As a group, “Insurance” companies have a potential upside of 7.61%. Given Accelerant’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Accelerant is more favorable than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Accelerant and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Accelerant	-135.47%	49.99%	3.33%
Accelerant Competitors	9.76%	10.79%	3.97%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

55.8% of shares of all “Insurance” companies are held by institutional investors. 66.6% of Accelerant shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of shares of all “Insurance” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Accelerant and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Accelerant	$912.90 million	-$1.35 billion	-1.95
Accelerant Competitors	$15.56 billion	$1.69 billion	33.66

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

Summary

Accelerant rivals beat Accelerant on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

Accelerant Company Profile

Aeroflex Holding Corp. (Aeroflex Holding) is a provider of radio frequency (RF) and microwave integrated circuits, components and systems used in the design, development and maintenance of wireless communication systems. The Company’s solutions include microelectronic components and test and measurement equipment used by companies in the space, avionics and defense; commercial wireless communications, and medical and other markets. Its products include a range of RF, microwave and millimeter wave microelectronic components, integrated circuits (ICs), and analog and mixed-signal devices. It operates in two segments: Aeroflex Microelectronics Solutions (AMS) and Aeroflex Test Solutions (ATS). In February 2014, Aeroflex Holding Corp announced the acquisition of Shenick Network Systems. In September 2014, Cobham PLC completes Aeroflex acquisition.