Reviewing Solesence (SLSN) and Its Peers

Solesence (NASDAQ:SLSN) is one of 55 publicly-traded companies in the “Personal Care Products” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Solesence to related businesses based on the strength of its risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and dividends.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

70.2% of Solesence shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.1% of shares of all “Personal Care Products” companies are held by institutional investors. 4.8% of Solesence shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.2% of shares of all “Personal Care Products” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Solesence and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Solesence	$62.06 million	$1.79 million	102.00
Solesence Competitors	$7.92 billion	$1.08 billion	2.18

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

Volatility and Risk

Solesence has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Solesence’s peers have a beta of 0.79, suggesting that their average stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Solesence and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Solesence	1	0	0	0	1.00
Solesence Competitors	839	2807	3570	213	2.42

As a group, “Personal Care Products” companies have a potential upside of 5.85%. Given Solesence’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Solesence has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Solesence	1.56%	5.39%	1.78%
Solesence Competitors	-6.59%	-112.92%	0.13%

Summary

Solesence peers beat Solesence on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

Solesence Company Profile

Nanophase Technologies Corporation provides engineered materials, formulation development, and commercial manufacturing with an integrated family of technologies in the United States. It offers surface engineered zinc oxide and titanium dioxide for sunscreens and personal care products; fully formulated cosmetics, sun care, and skin care under the Solésence brand name; and advanced materials products, such as architectural coatings, industrial coatings, abrasion-resistant additives, plastics additives, medical diagnostics, and various surface finishing technologies applications. The company was incorporated in 1989 and is headquartered in Romeoville, Illinois.