Rail Vision (RVSN) and Its Competitors Head to Head Review

Rail Vision (NASDAQ:RVSN) is one of 378 publicly-traded companies in the “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Rail Vision to related companies based on the strength of its risk, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Volatility & Risk

Rail Vision has a beta of -1.16, indicating that its share price is 216% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rail Vision’s competitors have a beta of -0.31, indicating that their average share price is 131% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Rail Vision and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rail Vision	$1.49 million	-$11.10 million	-0.06
Rail Vision Competitors	$3.99 billion	$190.58 million	-6.38

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

12.1% of Rail Vision shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.7% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are owned by institutional investors. 8.7% of Rail Vision shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.4% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Rail Vision and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rail Vision	N/A	N/A	N/A
Rail Vision Competitors	-184.71%	-150.36%	-6.96%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for Rail Vision and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rail Vision	1	1	0	0	1.50
Rail Vision Competitors	1996	7509	10226	626	2.47

As a group, “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies have a potential upside of 21.89%. Given Rail Vision’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Rail Vision has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Summary

Rail Vision competitors beat Rail Vision on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

Rail Vision Company Profile

Rail Vision Ltd. designs, develops, assembles, and sells railway detection systems for railway operational safety, efficiency, and predictive maintenance in Israel. The company's railway detection systems include various cameras, such as optics, visible light spectrum cameras (video), and thermal cameras that transmit data to a ruggedized on-board computer that is designed to be suitable for the rough environment of a train's locomotive. It offers main line systems for the safety of train operations, prevention of collisions, and reduction of downtime; railway detection system for passengers and freight trains; shunting yard systems for shunting operations; and light rail vehicle systems for detecting and classifying obstacles. The company also provides rail vision big data services, as well as maintenance and predictive maintenance systems; and geographic information systems for mapping and updates. Rail Vision Ltd. was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Ra'anana, Israel.