Reviewing SES AI (SES) & The Competition

SES AI (NYSE:SES) is one of 216 publicly-traded companies in the “Electrical Equipment” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare SES AI to related businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk and valuation.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

29.8% of SES AI shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.4% of shares of all “Electrical Equipment” companies are owned by institutional investors. 13.8% of SES AI shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.9% of shares of all “Electrical Equipment” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

SES AI has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SES AI’s peers have a beta of -20.43, suggesting that their average share price is 2,143% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for SES AI and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SES AI	1	1	1	0	2.00
SES AI Competitors	2285	5160	7211	437	2.38

SES AI presently has a consensus price target of $1.10, indicating a potential upside of 61.05%. As a group, “Electrical Equipment” companies have a potential upside of 55.20%. Given SES AI’s higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe SES AI is more favorable than its peers.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SES AI	-289.64%	-26.21%	-20.78%
SES AI Competitors	-354.45%	-44.26%	-7.93%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares SES AI and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
SES AI	$23.46 million	-$73.04 million	-3.42
SES AI Competitors	$2.44 billion	$142.48 million	20.44

SES AI’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than SES AI. SES AI 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.

Summary

SES AI peers beat SES AI on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About SES AI

SES AI Corporation engages in the development and production of high-performance Lithium-metal rechargeable batteries for electric vehicles, electric vehicle take-off and landing, and other applications. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts.