Ideal Power (IPWR) vs. Its Peers Head-To-Head Review

Ideal Power (NASDAQ:IPWR) is one of 221 publicly-traded companies in the “Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Ideal Power to similar businesses based on the strength of its valuation, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

16.4% of Ideal Power shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.6% of shares of all “Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment” companies are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of Ideal Power shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of shares of all “Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Ideal Power and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ideal Power	$40,000.00	-$10.58 million	-1.85
Ideal Power Competitors	$1,259.14 billion	$2.48 billion	9.06

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Ideal Power and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ideal Power	1	0	1	0	2.00
Ideal Power Competitors	3497	12344	25766	996	2.57

Ideal Power currently has a consensus price target of $10.75, indicating a potential upside of 448.47%. As a group, “Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment” companies have a potential upside of 53.05%. Given Ideal Power’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Ideal Power is more favorable than its competitors.

Volatility & Risk

Ideal Power has a beta of 2.03, indicating that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ideal Power’s competitors have a beta of 2.80, indicating that their average stock price is 180% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Ideal Power and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ideal Power	N/A	-60.76%	-54.15%
Ideal Power Competitors	-1,278.97%	-126.38%	-4.00%

Summary

Ideal Power competitors beat Ideal Power on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

Ideal Power Company Profile

Ideal Power Inc. focuses on the development and commercialization of its bidirectional bipolar junction TRANsistor solid-state switch technology. It also offers SymCool Power Module designed to meet low conduction loss needs of the solid-state circuit breaker market. The company serves electric and hybrid electric vehicles, electric vehicle charging, renewable energy and energy storage system power converters, uninterruptible power supplies for data centers, industrial motor drives, solid-state circuit breakers, distribution and transmission switches and controls, and other industrial and military markets. The company was formerly known as Ideal Power Converters Inc. and changed its name to Ideal Power Inc. in July 2013. Ideal Power Inc. was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.