Head-To-Head Contrast: Terrestrial Energy (IMSR) vs. Its Rivals

Terrestrial Energy (NASDAQ:IMSR) is one of 218 publicly-traded companies in the “Electrical Equipment” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Terrestrial Energy to related companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Risk and Volatility

Terrestrial Energy has a beta of 2.39, indicating that its stock price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Terrestrial Energy’s rivals have a beta of -19.64, indicating that their average stock price is 2,064% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Terrestrial Energy and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Terrestrial Energy	1	1	2	0	2.25
Terrestrial Energy Competitors	2152	4984	6927	416	2.39

Terrestrial Energy presently has a consensus target price of $13.50, indicating a potential upside of 145.90%. As a group, “Electrical Equipment” companies have a potential upside of 21.80%. Given Terrestrial Energy’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Terrestrial Energy is more favorable than its rivals.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Terrestrial Energy and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Terrestrial Energy	$250,000.00	-$28.02 million	-28.89
Terrestrial Energy Competitors	$2.33 billion	$137.32 million	21.13

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

Profitability

This table compares Terrestrial Energy and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Terrestrial Energy	N/A	-16.65%	-12.52%
Terrestrial Energy Competitors	-218.83%	-207.77%	-8.81%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

37.3% of shares of all “Electrical Equipment” companies are held by institutional investors. 28.6% of Terrestrial Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.3% of shares of all “Electrical Equipment” companies are held by 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.

Summary

Terrestrial Energy rivals beat Terrestrial Energy on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

Terrestrial Energy Company Profile

Terrestrial Energy Inc. produces carbon free nuclear energy in North Carolina and internationally. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.