Head-To-Head Review: Rubrik (RBRK) & Its Peers

Rubrik (NYSE:RBRK) is one of 953 publicly-traded companies in the “Software” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Rubrik to related companies based on the strength of its earnings, valuation, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Rubrik and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rubrik	$1.32 billion	-$348.83 million	-88.24
Rubrik Competitors	$1.92 billion	$387.74 million	109.01

Rubrik’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Rubrik. Rubrik 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 Rubrik and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rubrik	-16.50%	N/A	-8.45%
Rubrik Competitors	-607.02%	22.93%	-8.85%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Rubrik and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rubrik	1	0	30	0	2.94
Rubrik Competitors	5750	21532	44895	1497	2.57

Rubrik currently has a consensus target price of $118.04, suggesting a potential upside of 6.17%. As a group, “Software” companies have a potential upside of 29.73%. Given Rubrik’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Rubrik has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Risk and Volatility

Rubrik has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rubrik’s rivals have a beta of 1.34, indicating that their average share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

49.5% of Rubrik shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.8% of shares of all “Software” companies are owned by institutional investors. 13.7% of Rubrik shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.9% of shares of all “Software” companies are owned by company 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

Rubrik rivals beat Rubrik on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About Rubrik

Rubrik, Inc. provides data security solutions to individuals and businesses worldwide. The company offers enterprise data protection, unstructured data protection, cloud data protection, and SaaS data protection solutions; data threat analytics; data security posture; and cyber recovery solutions. It serves financial, retail, trade, transportation, energy, industrial, healthcare and life science, education, technology, media, communications, and public sectors. Rubrik, Inc. was formerly known as Scaledata, Inc. and changed its name to Rubrik, Inc. in October 2014. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Palo Alto, California.