Head to Head Survey: Terrestrial Energy (IMSR) & Its Competitors

Terrestrial Energy (NASDAQ:IMSR) is one of 218 publicly-traded companies in the “Electrical Equipment” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Terrestrial Energy to similar companies based on the strength of its profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and risk.

Risk and Volatility

Terrestrial Energy has a beta of 2.39, indicating that its stock price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Terrestrial Energy’s competitors have a beta of -19.64, indicating that their average stock price is 2,064% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Terrestrial Energy and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Terrestrial Energy	1	1	2	0	2.25
Terrestrial Energy Competitors	2145	4978	6921	415	2.39

Terrestrial Energy presently has a consensus target price of $13.50, suggesting a potential upside of 142.37%. As a group, “Electrical Equipment” companies have a potential upside of 24.50%. Given Terrestrial Energy’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Terrestrial Energy is more favorable than its competitors.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Terrestrial Energy and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Terrestrial Energy	$250,000.00	-$28.02 million	-29.32
Terrestrial Energy Competitors	$2.30 billion	$135.97 million	20.98

Terrestrial Energy’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Terrestrial Energy. Terrestrial Energy 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.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Terrestrial Energy	N/A	-16.65%	-12.52%
Terrestrial Energy Competitors	-218.83%	-207.69%	-8.80%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

37.3% of shares of all “Electrical Equipment” companies are owned by institutional investors. 28.6% of Terrestrial Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.3% of shares of all “Electrical Equipment” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Terrestrial Energy competitors beat Terrestrial Energy on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

Terrestrial Energy Company Profile

Terrestrial Energy Inc. produces carbon free nuclear energy in North Carolina and internationally. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.