Head-To-Head Review: Fisker (FSRN) vs. The Competition

Fisker (NYSE:FSRN) is one of 70 publicly-traded companies in the “Motor vehicles & car bodies” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Fisker to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, valuation, risk, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Risk & Volatility

Fisker has a beta of 0.13, suggesting that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fisker’s peers have a beta of 3.66, suggesting that their average stock price is 266% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fisker	$272.89 million	-$939.95 million	-0.02
Fisker Competitors	$394.39 billion	$2.35 billion	-9.92

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Fisker and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fisker	0	0	0	0	N/A
Fisker Competitors	962	2501	3397	151	2.39

As a group, “Motor vehicles & car bodies” companies have a potential upside of 12.97%. Given Fisker’s peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Fisker has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

33.6% of Fisker shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.6% of shares of all “Motor vehicles & car bodies” companies are owned by institutional investors. 26.3% of Fisker shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.9% of shares of all “Motor vehicles & car bodies” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fisker	-278.72%	-161.43%	-23.26%
Fisker Competitors	-150.54%	-25.94%	-9.14%

Summary

Fisker peers beat Fisker on 8 of the 10 factors compared.

About Fisker

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.