Critical Review: Cantor Equity Partners (CEP) versus Its Peers

Cantor Equity Partners (NASDAQ:CEP) is one of 89 publicly-traded companies in the “UNCLASSIFIED” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Cantor Equity Partners to related companies based on the strength of its risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Cantor Equity Partners and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cantor Equity Partners	N/A	$1.54 million	143.90
Cantor Equity Partners Competitors	$203.60 million	-$18.84 million	93.13

Cantor Equity Partners’ peers have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Cantor Equity Partners. Cantor Equity Partners is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

51.0% of shares of all “UNCLASSIFIED” companies are owned by institutional investors. 42.7% of shares of all “UNCLASSIFIED” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

Cantor Equity Partners has a beta of -5.69, meaning that its stock price is 669% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cantor Equity Partners’ peers have a beta of -0.09, meaning that their average stock price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Cantor Equity Partners and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cantor Equity Partners	1	0	0	0	1.00
Cantor Equity Partners Competitors	241	267	217	3	1.98

As a group, “UNCLASSIFIED” companies have a potential upside of 117.65%. Given Cantor Equity Partners’ peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cantor Equity Partners has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Cantor Equity Partners and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cantor Equity Partners	N/A	-12.06%	0.23%
Cantor Equity Partners Competitors	0.86%	0.95%	0.80%

Summary

Cantor Equity Partners peers beat Cantor Equity Partners on 11 of the 13 factors compared.

About Cantor Equity Partners

Cantor Equity Partners, Inc. is a blank check company, which engages in the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The company was founded on November 11, 2020 and is headquartered in New York, NY.