Head to Head Analysis: Ideal Power (IPWR) versus Its Rivals

Ideal Power (NASDAQ:IPWR) is one of 221 publicly-traded companies in the “Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Ideal Power to similar businesses based on the strength of its risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares Ideal Power and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ideal Power	N/A	-60.76%	-54.15%
Ideal Power Competitors	-1,266.87%	-126.22%	-3.89%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

16.4% of Ideal Power shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.8% of shares of all “Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment” companies are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of Ideal Power shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of shares of all “Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

Ideal Power has a beta of 2.03, meaning that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ideal Power’s competitors have a beta of 2.80, meaning that their average stock price is 180% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Ideal Power and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ideal Power	1	0	0	0	1.00
Ideal Power Competitors	3513	12378	25815	1002	2.57

As a group, “Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment” companies have a potential upside of 42.71%. Given Ideal Power’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ideal Power has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Ideal Power and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ideal Power	$30,250.00	-$10.58 million	-2.13
Ideal Power Competitors	$39.42 billion	$2.53 billion	8.80

Ideal Power’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Ideal Power. Ideal Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Ideal Power competitors beat Ideal Power on 11 of the 13 factors compared.

Ideal Power Company Profile

Ideal Power Inc. (NASDAQ: IPWR) is a semiconductor company developing advanced power-management technologies for electrical systems. Its principal technology is the bidirectional bipolar junction TRANsistor, or B-TRAN, a solid-state power switch designed to conduct and control electrical current in both directions with the potential for lower conduction losses and improved efficiency compared with conventional power-switching devices. The company is focused on commercializing B-TRAN-based products and related semiconductor solutions for applications including electric vehicles, renewable-energy systems, energy storage, electric-grid infrastructure, industrial equipment, and other high-power electrical systems.