Blaize (BZAI) vs. Its Peers Critical Analysis

Blaize (NASDAQ:BZAI) is one of 89 publicly-traded companies in the “UNCLASSIFIED” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Blaize to similar businesses based on the strength of its valuation, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blaize	N/A	N/A	-67.30%
Blaize Competitors	0.86%	0.95%	0.80%

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Blaize	$1.55 million	-$4.11 million	-4.40
Blaize Competitors	$41.37 million	-$18.54 million	94.32

Blaize’s peers have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Blaize. Blaize 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.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

97.1% of Blaize shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.0% of shares of all “UNCLASSIFIED” companies are held by institutional investors. 17.4% of Blaize shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 42.9% of shares of all “UNCLASSIFIED” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Blaize and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Blaize	1	1	4	1	2.71
Blaize Competitors	228	266	217	3	1.99

Blaize presently has a consensus target price of $7.60, indicating a potential upside of 202.79%. As a group, “UNCLASSIFIED” companies have a potential upside of 16.28%. Given Blaize’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Blaize is more favorable than its peers.

Risk and Volatility

Blaize has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blaize’s peers have a beta of -0.08, suggesting that their average share price is 108% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Blaize beats its peers on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About Blaize

Blaize® has created a transformative new compute solution that unites silicon and software to optimize AI from the edge to the core. We’re partnering with customers to transform their products so they can deliver better experiences and better lives.