Aurora Mobile (JG) and The Competition Head to Head Analysis

Aurora Mobile (NASDAQ:JG) is one of 953 public companies in the “Software” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Aurora Mobile to similar companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Aurora Mobile and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aurora Mobile	0	1	0	0	2.00
Aurora Mobile Competitors	5761	21573	44959	1498	2.57

As a group, “Software” companies have a potential upside of 29.63%. Given Aurora Mobile’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Aurora Mobile has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aurora Mobile	$390.54 million	$60,000.00	29.64
Aurora Mobile Competitors	$1.80 billion	$386.86 million	108.98

Aurora Mobile’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Aurora Mobile. Aurora Mobile 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.

Volatility & Risk

Aurora Mobile has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aurora Mobile’s peers have a beta of 1.34, indicating that their average share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

85.5% of Aurora Mobile shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.9% of shares of all “Software” companies are held by institutional investors. 31.2% of Aurora Mobile shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.9% of shares of all “Software” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aurora Mobile	1.53%	6.23%	1.50%
Aurora Mobile Competitors	-607.19%	26.73%	-8.88%

Summary

Aurora Mobile peers beat Aurora Mobile on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

Aurora Mobile Company Profile

Aurora Mobile Limited (NASDAQ: JG) is a technology company that provides mobile developer services and enterprise customer-engagement solutions. Its platform helps businesses and application developers communicate with users, analyze application activity, and support marketing and operational initiatives. The company’s offerings have included push-notification services through JPush, as well as tools for user engagement, application analytics, messaging, authentication, sharing, and deep linking.