Head-To-Head Survey: ChargePoint (CHPT) vs. Its Peers

ChargePoint (NYSE:CHPT) is one of 216 publicly-traded companies in the “Electrical Equipment” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare ChargePoint to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for ChargePoint and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ChargePoint	3	7	0	0	1.70
ChargePoint Competitors	2288	5167	7220	438	2.38

ChargePoint presently has a consensus target price of $7.07, suggesting a potential downside of 39.01%. As a group, “Electrical Equipment” companies have a potential upside of 53.86%. Given ChargePoint’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ChargePoint has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares ChargePoint and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
ChargePoint	$411.22 million	-$220.20 million	-1.61
ChargePoint Competitors	$2.38 billion	$142.37 million	21.19

ChargePoint’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than ChargePoint. ChargePoint 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.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ChargePoint	-40.59%	-3,366.29%	-15.95%
ChargePoint Competitors	-354.39%	-45.12%	-7.92%

Risk and Volatility

ChargePoint has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ChargePoint’s peers have a beta of -20.43, meaning that their average stock price is 2,143% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

37.8% of ChargePoint shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.4% of shares of all “Electrical Equipment” companies are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of ChargePoint shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.9% of shares of all “Electrical Equipment” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

ChargePoint peers beat ChargePoint on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

ChargePoint Company Profile

ChargePoint Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides electric vehicle (EV) charging networks and charging solutions in the North America and Europe. The company serves commercial, such as retail, workplace, hospitality, parking, recreation, municipal, education, and highway fast charge; fleet, which include delivery, take home, logistics, motor pool, transit, and shared mobility; and residential including single family homes and multi-family apartments and condominiums customers. ChargePoint Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Campbell, California.