Aeluma (ALMU) and The Competition Financial Review

Aeluma (NASDAQ:ALMU) is one of 221 publicly-traded companies in the “Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Aeluma to related companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

54.6% of shares of all “Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment” companies are owned by institutional investors. 14.7% of Aeluma shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.1% of shares of all “Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment” companies are owned by 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Aeluma and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aeluma	1	0	2	1	2.75
Aeluma Competitors	3358	11963	25099	938	2.57

Aeluma presently has a consensus target price of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 69.26%. As a group, “Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment” companies have a potential upside of 19.85%. Given Aeluma’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Aeluma is more favorable than its competitors.

Volatility & Risk

Aeluma has a beta of 4.18, suggesting that its share price is 318% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aeluma’s competitors have a beta of 1.99, suggesting that their average share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Aeluma and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aeluma	$5.20 million	-$3.02 million	-42.20
Aeluma Competitors	$8.58 billion	$1.79 billion	46.25

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aeluma	-115.57%	-12.03%	-11.42%
Aeluma Competitors	-245.12%	-123.34%	-4.48%

Summary

Aeluma beats its competitors on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About Aeluma

Aeluma, Inc. develops optoelectronic and electronic devices in the United States. The company manufactures semiconductor materials and chips using compound semiconductors on diameter substrates that are used to manufacture mass market microelectronics. It offers its devices for use in mobile, automotive, AI, defence and aerospace, communication, AR/VR, and HPC applications, as well as laser emitters, transistors for integrated circuits, quantum photonic circuits, and solar cells applications. Aeluma, Inc. was formerly known as Parc Investments, Inc. and changed its name to Aeluma, Inc. June 2021. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Goleta, California.