Oklo (OKLO) vs. Its Competitors Critical Comparison

Oklo (NYSE:OKLO) is one of 108 public companies in the “Electric services” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Oklo to related companies based on the strength of its dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Oklo and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Oklo	0	3	4	0	2.57
Oklo Competitors	1185	4981	4784	102	2.34

Oklo currently has a consensus price target of $46.40, indicating a potential upside of 89.93%. As a group, “Electric services” companies have a potential upside of 12.36%. Given Oklo’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Oklo is more favorable than its competitors.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Oklo	N/A	-32.11%	-13.72%
Oklo Competitors	3.59%	7.49%	1.48%

Volatility & Risk

Oklo has a beta of -0.01, indicating that its stock price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oklo’s competitors have a beta of -1.25, indicating that their average stock price is 225% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Oklo	N/A	$11.87 million	-2.41
Oklo Competitors	$1,278.12 billion	$598.83 million	16.65

Oklo’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Oklo. Oklo 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 and Insider Ownership

85.0% of Oklo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.0% of shares of all “Electric services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 21.8% of Oklo shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of shares of all “Electric services” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Oklo competitors beat Oklo on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

Oklo Company Profile

Oklo Inc. designs and develops fission power plants to provide reliable and commercial-scale energy to customers in the United States. It also provides used nuclear fuel recycling services. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Santa Clara, California.