Financial Contrast: Gauzy (GAUZ) & Its Peers

Gauzy (NASDAQ:GAUZ) is one of 70 publicly-traded companies in the “Miscellaneous electrical machinery, equipment, & supplies” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Gauzy to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings and profitability.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

41.9% of shares of all “Miscellaneous electrical machinery, equipment, & supplies” companies are held by institutional investors. 14.9% of shares of all “Miscellaneous electrical machinery, equipment, & supplies” companies are held 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 Gauzy and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gauzy	-66.25%	N/A	-34.21%
Gauzy Competitors	-158.22%	-62.28%	-23.32%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Gauzy and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gauzy	0	2	3	0	2.60
Gauzy Competitors	241	917	1627	85	2.54

Gauzy currently has a consensus target price of $13.50, indicating a potential upside of 56.79%. As a group, “Miscellaneous electrical machinery, equipment, & supplies” companies have a potential upside of 33.50%. Given Gauzy’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Gauzy is more favorable than its peers.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gauzy	$103.53 million	-$79.27 million	-2.11
Gauzy Competitors	$598.31 million	-$51.48 million	2.71

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

Gauzy peers beat Gauzy on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

Gauzy Company Profile

Gauzy Ltd. is a fully-integrated light and vision control company which focused on the research, development, manufacturing and marketing of vision and light control technologies. It operates principally in Germany, France, the United States, Canada, China, Singapore and Dubai. Gauzy Ltd. is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.