Analyzing Fisker (FSRN) & Its Rivals

Fisker (NYSE:FSRN) is one of 67 public companies in the “Motor vehicles & car bodies” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Fisker to similar businesses based on the strength of its earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fisker	-278.72%	-110.93%	-23.14%
Fisker Competitors	-154.67%	-25.59%	-9.52%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Fisker and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fisker	0	0	0	0	N/A
Fisker Competitors	958	2486	3370	151	2.39

As a group, “Motor vehicles & car bodies” companies have a potential upside of 9.20%. Given Fisker’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fisker has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Fisker and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fisker	$272.89 million	-$761.99 million	-0.02
Fisker Competitors	$47.32 billion	$2.58 billion	19.93

Fisker’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Fisker. Fisker 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.

Risk and Volatility

Fisker has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fisker’s competitors have a beta of 3.73, indicating that their average share price is 273% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

33.6% of Fisker shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.5% of shares of all “Motor vehicles & car bodies” companies are held by institutional investors. 26.3% of Fisker shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.8% of shares of all “Motor vehicles & car bodies” companies are held by company 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.

Summary

Fisker competitors beat Fisker on 9 of the 10 factors compared.

Fisker Company Profile

Fisker Inc. develops, manufactures, markets, leases, or sells electric vehicles. It operates through three segments: The White Space, The Value Segment, and The Conservative Premium segments. The company is also involved in asset-light automotive business. In addition, it offers fisker flexible platform agnostic design, a process that develops and designs electric vehicles in specific segment size. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Manhattan Beach, California.