Contrasting BETA Technologies (BETA) & Its Peers

BETA Technologies (NYSE:BETA) is one of 229 publicly-traded companies in the “Aerospace & Defense” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare BETA Technologies to related businesses based on the strength of its valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BETA Technologies	-1,913.91%	-96.24%	-48.20%
BETA Technologies Competitors	-304.51%	-30.57%	-4.27%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for BETA Technologies and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BETA Technologies	1	1	9	0	2.73
BETA Technologies Competitors	2029	7996	12319	537	2.50

BETA Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $31.11, indicating a potential upside of 24.96%. As a group, “Aerospace & Defense” companies have a potential upside of 26.89%. Given BETA Technologies’ competitors higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe BETA Technologies has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

50.1% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are held by institutional investors. 24.5% of BETA Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.1% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares BETA Technologies and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
BETA Technologies	$35.62 million	-$745.87 million	-1.91
BETA Technologies Competitors	$8.48 billion	$577.31 million	29.21

BETA Technologies’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than BETA Technologies. BETA Technologies 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.

Summary

BETA Technologies competitors beat BETA Technologies on 9 of the 12 factors compared.

About BETA Technologies

BETA Technologies Inc. is an electric aerospace company. It involved in designing, manufacturing and selling high-performance electric aircraft, advanced electric propulsion systems, components and charging systems. BETA Technologies Inc. is based in SOUTH BURLINGTON.