Critical Comparison: Gauzy (GAUZ) versus Its Peers

Gauzy (NASDAQ:GAUZ) is one of 377 public companies in the “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Gauzy to related companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gauzy	$103.53 million	-$53.18 million	-0.17
Gauzy Competitors	$4.13 billion	$172.92 million	5.52

Gauzy’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Gauzy. Gauzy 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Gauzy and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gauzy	1	0	0	0	1.00
Gauzy Competitors	2047	7603	10429	662	2.47

As a group, “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies have a potential upside of 34.98%. Given Gauzy’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Gauzy has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gauzy	N/A	N/A	N/A
Gauzy Competitors	-158.11%	-25.88%	-6.86%

Volatility & Risk

Gauzy has a beta of -0.24, suggesting that its share price is 124% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gauzy’s rivals have a beta of -0.30, suggesting that their average share price is 130% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

43.3% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are held by institutional investors. 16.4% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Gauzy rivals beat Gauzy on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

Gauzy Company Profile

Gauzy Ltd. is a fully-integrated light and vision control company which focused on the research, development, manufacturing and marketing of vision and light control technologies. It operates principally in Germany, France, the United States, Canada, China, Singapore and Dubai. Gauzy Ltd. is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.