Financial Contrast: RYTHM (RYM) and Its Rivals

RYTHM (NASDAQ:RYM) is one of 903 publicly-traded companies in the “Pharmaceuticals” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare RYTHM to related businesses based on the strength of its risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares RYTHM and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
RYTHM	$51.01 million	-$33.26 million	-2.34
RYTHM Competitors	$5.25 billion	$3.17 billion	543.64

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
RYTHM	-6.20%	-12.57%	-2.60%
RYTHM Competitors	-2,299.79%	-222.94%	-17.42%

Risk & Volatility

RYTHM has a beta of 9.44, meaning that its stock price is 844% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RYTHM’s peers have a beta of -3.19, meaning that their average stock price is 419% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for RYTHM and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
RYTHM	1	0	0	0	1.00
RYTHM Competitors	7588	13663	25460	997	2.42

As a group, “Pharmaceuticals” companies have a potential upside of 32.51%. Given RYTHM’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe RYTHM has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

6.0% of RYTHM shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.8% of shares of all “Pharmaceuticals” companies are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of RYTHM shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.3% of shares of all “Pharmaceuticals” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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

About RYTHM

Agrify Corporation develops precision hardware and software cultivation and extraction solutions for the cannabis and hemp industry in the United States. The company offers vertical farming units and Agrify Insights Software-as-a-Service software; integrated grow racks and LED grow lights; and non-proprietary products designed, engineered, and manufactured by third parties, such as air cleaning systems and pesticide-free surface protection products. It also provides associated services comprising consulting, engineering, and construction. The company was formerly known as Agrinamics, Inc. and changed its name to Agrify Corporation in September 2019. Agrify Corporation was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Billerica, Massachusetts.