Financial Survey: Solesence (SLSN) & Its Competitors

Solesence (NASDAQ:SLSN) is one of 55 public companies in the “Personal Care Products” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Solesence to similar businesses based on the strength of its dividends, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Solesence and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Solesence	1	0	0	0	1.00
Solesence Competitors	896	2921	3646	227	2.42

As a group, “Personal Care Products” companies have a potential upside of 0.49%. Given Solesence’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Solesence has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Solesence	-3.40%	-11.58%	-3.79%
Solesence Competitors	-5.55%	-65.95%	-0.30%

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Solesence	$55.37 million	$1.79 million	-30.47
Solesence Competitors	$7.78 billion	$1.11 billion	8.86

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

70.2% of Solesence shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.9% of shares of all “Personal Care Products” companies are held by institutional investors. 4.8% of Solesence shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of shares of all “Personal Care Products” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

Solesence has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Solesence’s peers have a beta of 0.81, meaning that their average stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Solesence peers beat Solesence on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

Solesence Company Profile

Nanophase Technologies Corporation provides engineered materials, formulation development, and commercial manufacturing with an integrated family of technologies in the United States. It offers surface engineered zinc oxide and titanium dioxide for sunscreens and personal care products; fully formulated cosmetics, sun care, and skin care under the Solésence brand name; and advanced materials products, such as architectural coatings, industrial coatings, abrasion-resistant additives, plastics additives, medical diagnostics, and various surface finishing technologies applications. The company was incorporated in 1989 and is headquartered in Romeoville, Illinois.