Head to Head Survey: Allbirds (BIRD) vs. Its Peers

Allbirds (NASDAQ:BIRD) is one of 271 public companies in the “IT Services” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Allbirds to related companies based on the strength of its earnings, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

Risk and Volatility

Allbirds has a beta of 2.63, meaning that its share price is 163% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allbirds’ rivals have a beta of 2.16, meaning that their average share price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Allbirds	-72.82%	-231.86%	-81.53%
Allbirds Competitors	-191.32%	-32.18%	-8.63%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

44.1% of Allbirds shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.4% of shares of all “IT Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 18.8% of Allbirds shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.4% of shares of all “IT Services” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Allbirds	1	1	0	0	1.50
Allbirds Competitors	1992	5656	9478	342	2.47

As a group, “IT Services” companies have a potential upside of 28.87%. Given Allbirds’ rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Allbirds has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Allbirds	$152.47 million	-$77.28 million	-0.15
Allbirds Competitors	$3.24 billion	$227.67 million	-26.87

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

Summary

Allbirds rivals beat Allbirds on 9 of the 12 factors compared.

Allbirds Company Profile

Allbirds, Inc. manufactures and sells footwear and apparel products for men and women in the United States and internationally. The company offers a range of lifestyle and performance shoes; and apparel, including classic tees and sweats, socks, and underwear. It sells its products through its retail stores, as well as online. The company was formerly known as Bozz, Inc. and changed its name to Allbirds, Inc. in December 2015. Allbirds, Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.