Amplitude (AMPL) versus Its Peers Critical Comparison

Amplitude (NASDAQ:AMPL) is one of 959 public companies in the “Software” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Amplitude to related businesses based on the strength of its risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Volatility and Risk

Amplitude has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amplitude’s peers have a beta of 1.33, meaning that their average share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Amplitude and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amplitude	1	2	8	1	2.75
Amplitude Competitors	5852	21632	45028	1503	2.57

Amplitude presently has a consensus target price of $17.64, suggesting a potential upside of 1.71%. As a group, “Software” companies have a potential upside of 28.40%. Given Amplitude’s peers higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Amplitude has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amplitude	-25.24%	-50.22%	-23.77%
Amplitude Competitors	-596.15%	26.13%	-8.98%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Amplitude and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amplitude	$343.21 million	-$88.54 million	-22.82
Amplitude Competitors	$1.79 billion	$382.69 million	112.31

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

73.2% of Amplitude shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.5% of shares of all “Software” companies are owned by institutional investors. 21.6% of Amplitude 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Amplitude peers beat Amplitude on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

Amplitude Company Profile

Amplitude, Inc. develops a digital analytics platform that helps organizations understand how people use their websites, mobile apps and other digital products. Its software analyzes customer interactions to help teams identify usage patterns and make product and customer-experience decisions. The platform includes tools for product analytics, session replay and experimentation. These features allow businesses to examine user journeys, measure engagement and test changes to digital experiences. Founded in 2012, Amplitude serves organizations across a range of industries and geographies.