Reviewing Aurora Innovation (AUR) & Its Peers

Aurora Innovation (NASDAQ:AUR) is one of 953 publicly-traded companies in the “Software” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Aurora Innovation to similar companies based on the strength of its profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and risk.

Risk and Volatility

Aurora Innovation has a beta of 2.69, indicating that its stock price is 169% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aurora Innovation’s competitors have a beta of 1.27, indicating that their average stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aurora Innovation	-13,328.57%	-47.05%	-42.57%
Aurora Innovation Competitors	-620.53%	20.98%	-8.95%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Aurora Innovation and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aurora Innovation	$7.00 million	-$816.00 million	-9.18
Aurora Innovation Competitors	$1.91 billion	$385.94 million	110.43

Aurora Innovation’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Aurora Innovation. Aurora Innovation 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.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

44.7% of Aurora Innovation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.9% of shares of all “Software” companies are owned by institutional investors. 8.5% of Aurora Innovation shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.8% of shares of all “Software” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Aurora Innovation and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aurora Innovation	2	2	8	0	2.50
Aurora Innovation Competitors	5725	21433	44711	1492	2.57

Aurora Innovation presently has a consensus target price of $12.56, suggesting a potential upside of 185.03%. As a group, “Software” companies have a potential upside of 28.82%. Given Aurora Innovation’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Aurora Innovation is more favorable than its competitors.

Summary

Aurora Innovation competitors beat Aurora Innovation on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

Aurora Innovation Company Profile

Aurora Innovation, Inc. operates as a self-driving technology company in the United States. It focuses on developing Aurora Driver, a platform that brings a suite of self-driving hardware, software, and data services together to adapt and interoperate vehicles. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.