Comparing Fisker (FSRN) and Its Competitors

Fisker (NYSE:FSRN) is one of 68 publicly-traded companies in the “Motor vehicles & car bodies” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Fisker to similar companies based on the strength of its dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Fisker and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fisker	0	0	0	0	N/A
Fisker Competitors	960	2491	3371	151	2.39

As a group, “Motor vehicles & car bodies” companies have a potential upside of 10.06%. Given Fisker’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fisker has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Fisker and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fisker	$272.89 million	-$761.99 million	-0.03
Fisker Competitors	$46.73 billion	$2.55 billion	19.58

Fisker’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Fisker. Fisker 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.

Risk and Volatility

Fisker has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fisker’s competitors have a beta of 3.72, indicating that their average stock price is 272% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

33.6% of Fisker shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.5% of shares of all “Motor vehicles & car bodies” companies are owned by institutional investors. 26.3% of Fisker shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.8% of shares of all “Motor vehicles & car bodies” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fisker	-278.72%	-110.93%	-23.14%
Fisker Competitors	-150.58%	-24.54%	-9.11%

Summary

Fisker competitors beat Fisker on 9 of the 10 factors compared.

About Fisker

Fisker Inc. develops, manufactures, markets, leases, or sells electric vehicles. It operates through three segments: The White Space, The Value Segment, and The Conservative Premium segments. The company is also involved in asset-light automotive business. In addition, it offers fisker flexible platform agnostic design, a process that develops and designs electric vehicles in specific segment size. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Manhattan Beach, California.