Critical Review: Angel Studios (ANGX) and Its Rivals

Angel Studios (NYSE:ANGX) is one of 321 publicly-traded companies in the “Investment Offices” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Angel Studios to related companies based on the strength of its risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Angel Studios and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Angel Studios	1	1	4	1	2.71
Angel Studios Competitors	336	90	129	2	1.64

Angel Studios presently has a consensus price target of $8.25, indicating a potential upside of 195.17%. As a group, “Investment Offices” companies have a potential upside of 48.11%. Given Angel Studios’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Angel Studios is more favorable than its rivals.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Angel Studios	$389.22 million	-$170.48 million	-3.73
Angel Studios Competitors	$75.02 million	-$160.87 million	-390.67

Angel Studios has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its rivals. Angel Studios is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

38.6% of Angel Studios shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.4% of shares of all “Investment Offices” companies are held by institutional investors. 30.1% of Angel Studios shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.1% of shares of all “Investment Offices” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Angel Studios and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Angel Studios	N/A	-1,729.27%	-76.32%
Angel Studios Competitors	697.12%	-3.34%	-1.94%

Volatility and Risk

Angel Studios has a beta of 0.05, indicating that its share price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Angel Studios’ rivals have a beta of 0.41, indicating that their average share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Angel Studios beats its rivals on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About Angel Studios

Southport Acquisition Corporation does not have significant operations. The company focuses on effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses or assets. It intends to identify business opportunities in the field of financial software space with a focus on mortgage and real estate verticals. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is based in Del Mar, California.