Rubrik (RBRK) & The Competition Critical Comparison

Rubrik (NYSE:RBRK) is one of 461 publicly-traded companies in the “Prepackaged software” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Rubrik to related companies based on the strength of its valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Rubrik and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rubrik	$886.54 million	-$354.16 million	-5.06
Rubrik Competitors	$2.51 billion	$326.31 million	-670.53

Rubrik’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Rubrik. Rubrik 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.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rubrik	-141.57%	N/A	-100.28%
Rubrik Competitors	-71.61%	-38.00%	-6.78%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Rubrik and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rubrik	0	2	17	2	3.00
Rubrik Competitors	2537	17303	33458	989	2.61

Rubrik presently has a consensus price target of $68.83, indicating a potential downside of 1.36%. As a group, “Prepackaged software” companies have a potential upside of 22.26%. Given Rubrik’s peers higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Rubrik has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

49.5% of Rubrik shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.9% of shares of all “Prepackaged software” companies are held by institutional investors. 18.9% of shares of all “Prepackaged software” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Rubrik peers beat Rubrik on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

Rubrik Company Profile

Rubrik, Inc. provides data security solutions to individuals and businesses worldwide. The company offers enterprise data protection, unstructured data protection, cloud data protection, and SaaS data protection solutions; data threat analytics; data security posture; and cyber recovery solutions. It serves financial, retail, trade, transportation, energy, industrial, healthcare and life science, education, technology, media, communications, and public sectors. Rubrik, Inc. was formerly known as Scaledata, Inc. and changed its name to Rubrik, Inc. in October 2014. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Palo Alto, California.