Beneficient (NASDAQ:BENF – Get Free Report) is one of 149 public companies in the “FIN – MISC SVCS” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Beneficient to related companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
90.6% of Beneficient shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.5% of shares of all “FIN – MISC SVCS” companies are held by institutional investors. 10.1% of Beneficient shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of shares of all “FIN – MISC SVCS” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Beneficient and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Beneficient | N/A | N/A | -0.05 |
| Beneficient Competitors | $3.76 billion | $297.06 million | 13.65 |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Beneficient and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Beneficient | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Beneficient Competitors | 1398 | 3729 | 5343 | 257 | 2.42 |
As a group, “FIN – MISC SVCS” companies have a potential upside of 25.82%. Given Beneficient’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Beneficient has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.
Volatility and Risk
Beneficient has a beta of -0.01, suggesting that its share price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beneficient’s peers have a beta of 4.37, suggesting that their average share price is 337% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Beneficient and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Beneficient | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Beneficient Competitors | -54.17% | -5.04% | -1.90% |
Summary
Beneficient peers beat Beneficient on 8 of the 12 factors compared.
About Beneficient
Beneficient, a technology-enabled financial services company, provides liquidity solutions and related trustee, custody and trust administrative services to participants in the alternative asset industry in the United States. It operates through Ben Liquidity, Ben Custody, and Customer ExAlt Trusts segments. The company offers Ben AltAccess platform for secure, online, and end-to-end delivery of each of the Ben business unit products and services, including upload documents, and work through tasks, and complete their transactions with standardized transaction agreements. It also provides Ben Liquidity, which offers alternative asset liquidity and fiduciary financing products; Ben Custody that provides custody and trust administration services to trustees and document custodian services to customers; and Ben Markets, which provides broker-dealer and transfer agency services. In addition, the company provides Ben Insurance Services, which offers insurance products and services; and Ben Data that provides data collection, evaluation, and analytics products and services. It serves individual and institutional investors, wealth advisors, and general partners. Beneficient is based in Dallas, Texas.
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