Reviewing Blaize (BZAI) and Its Peers

Blaize (NASDAQ:BZAI) is one of 89 publicly-traded companies in the “UNCLASSIFIED” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Blaize to related businesses based on the strength of its dividends, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.

Risk & Volatility

Blaize has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blaize’s peers have a beta of -0.08, suggesting that their average stock price is 108% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Blaize	$1.55 million	-$4.11 million	-5.26
Blaize Competitors	$42.00 million	-$18.54 million	93.33

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

97.1% of Blaize shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.0% of shares of all “UNCLASSIFIED” companies are owned by institutional investors. 17.4% of Blaize shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 42.7% of shares of all “UNCLASSIFIED” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Blaize and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Blaize	1	1	4	1	2.71
Blaize Competitors	217	264	217	3	2.01

Blaize currently has a consensus price target of $7.60, indicating a potential upside of 153.33%. As a group, “UNCLASSIFIED” companies have a potential upside of 8.19%. Given Blaize’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Blaize is more favorable than its peers.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blaize	N/A	N/A	-49.12%
Blaize Competitors	0.86%	0.95%	0.80%

Summary

Blaize beats its peers on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About Blaize

Blaize® has created a transformative new compute solution that unites silicon and software to optimize AI from the edge to the core. We’re partnering with customers to transform their products so they can deliver better experiences and better lives.