Critical Contrast: Angel Studios (ANGX) versus Its Competitors

Angel Studios (NYSE:ANGX) is one of 320 publicly-traded companies in the “Investment Offices” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Angel Studios to similar companies based on the strength of its earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Angel Studios and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Angel Studios	1	1	4	1	2.71
Angel Studios Competitors	334	86	128	2	1.63

Angel Studios currently has a consensus price target of $8.25, indicating a potential upside of 203.87%. As a group, “Investment Offices” companies have a potential upside of 42.52%. Given Angel Studios’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Angel Studios is more favorable than its competitors.

Risk and Volatility

Angel Studios has a beta of 0.05, suggesting that its share price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Angel Studios’ competitors have a beta of 0.41, suggesting that their average share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

38.6% of Angel Studios shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.4% of shares of all “Investment Offices” companies are held by institutional investors. 30.1% of Angel Studios shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 29.1% of shares of all “Investment Offices” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Angel Studios and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Angel Studios	$389.22 million	-$170.48 million	-3.62
Angel Studios Competitors	$75.02 million	-$160.87 million	-391.49

Angel Studios has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its competitors. Angel Studios is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Angel Studios and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Angel Studios	N/A	-1,729.27%	-76.32%
Angel Studios Competitors	697.12%	-3.34%	-1.94%

Summary

Angel Studios beats its competitors on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

Angel Studios Company Profile

Southport Acquisition Corporation does not have significant operations. The company focuses on effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses or assets. It intends to identify business opportunities in the field of financial software space with a focus on mortgage and real estate verticals. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is based in Del Mar, California.