Head-To-Head Review: 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 contrast to its competitors? We will compare Gauzy to related businesses based on the strength of its profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and valuation.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Gauzy and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gauzy	$101.17 million	-$79.27 million	-2.08
Gauzy Competitors	$598.92 million	-$51.48 million	3.00

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

41.9% of shares of all “Miscellaneous electrical machinery, equipment, & supplies” companies are owned by institutional investors. 15.0% of shares of all “Miscellaneous electrical machinery, equipment, & supplies” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gauzy	0	2	3	0	2.60
Gauzy Competitors	248	925	1638	87	2.54

Gauzy presently has a consensus price target of $13.50, suggesting a potential upside of 58.82%. As a group, “Miscellaneous electrical machinery, equipment, & supplies” companies have a potential upside of 38.40%. Given Gauzy’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Gauzy is more favorable than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Gauzy and its competitors’ 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%

Summary

Gauzy competitors 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.