Pony AI (PONY) and Its Rivals Critical Contrast

Pony AI (NASDAQ:PONY) is one of 14 public companies in the “TRANS – EQP&LSNG” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Pony AI to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Pony AI and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pony AI	1	0	7	1	2.89
Pony AI Competitors	132	582	1009	66	2.56

Pony AI presently has a consensus target price of $20.42, suggesting a potential upside of 57.32%. As a group, “TRANS – EQP&LSNG” companies have a potential upside of 13.04%. Given Pony AI’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Pony AI is more favorable than its competitors.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Pony AI and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pony AI	$75.03 million	-$274.12 million	-10.38
Pony AI Competitors	$3.78 billion	$360.72 million	6.37

Pony AI’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Pony AI. Pony AI 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.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

86.4% of shares of all “TRANS – EQP&LSNG” companies are owned by institutional investors. 10.3% of shares of all “TRANS – EQP&LSNG” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Pony AI and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pony AI	N/A	N/A	N/A
Pony AI Competitors	10.91%	4.90%	2.78%

Summary

Pony AI competitors beat Pony AI on 8 of the 12 factors compared.

Pony AI Company Profile

Pony AI Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the autonomous mobility principally in the People’s Republic of China and the United States. The company provides robotruck services, such as transportation services to the logistics platforms. Pony AI Inc. is based in Guangzhou, the People’s Republic of China.