Critical Comparison: Keel Infrastructure (KEEL) versus The Competition

Keel Infrastructure (NASDAQ:KEEL) is one of 958 public companies in the “Software” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Keel Infrastructure to related businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

20.6% of Keel Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.1% of shares of all “Software” companies are owned by institutional investors. 9.5% of Keel Infrastructure shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.8% of shares of all “Software” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Keel Infrastructure and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Keel Infrastructure	1	0	7	0	2.75
Keel Infrastructure Competitors	5523	21153	44183	1458	2.57

Keel Infrastructure currently has a consensus price target of $6.25, indicating a potential upside of 83.82%. As a group, “Software” companies have a potential upside of 283.05%. Given Keel Infrastructure’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Keel Infrastructure has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Keel Infrastructure	$229.28 million	-$284.54 million	-11.33
Keel Infrastructure Competitors	$1.80 billion	$387.49 million	104.60

Keel Infrastructure’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Keel Infrastructure. Keel Infrastructure 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 Keel Infrastructure and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Keel Infrastructure	-230.59%	-66.18%	-27.74%
Keel Infrastructure Competitors	-628.29%	26.17%	-9.06%

Volatility & Risk

Keel Infrastructure has a beta of 4.06, suggesting that its stock price is 306% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Keel Infrastructure’s competitors have a beta of 1.19, suggesting that their average stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Keel Infrastructure competitors beat Keel Infrastructure on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About Keel Infrastructure

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