Blaize (BZAI) & The Competition Critical Contrast

Blaize (NASDAQ:BZAI) is one of 89 public companies in the “UNCLASSIFIED” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Blaize to related businesses based on the strength of its valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Blaize	$1.55 million	-$4.11 million	-5.77
Blaize Competitors	$41.40 million	-$17.16 million	92.69

Blaize’s competitors have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Blaize. Blaize 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Blaize and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Blaize	1	1	4	1	2.71
Blaize Competitors	214	263	217	3	2.01

Blaize currently has a consensus price target of $7.60, indicating a potential upside of 131.00%. As a group, “UNCLASSIFIED” companies have a potential upside of 3.55%. Given Blaize’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Blaize is more favorable than its competitors.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

97.1% of Blaize shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.0% of shares of all “UNCLASSIFIED” companies are owned by institutional investors. 17.4% of Blaize shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 42.9% of shares of all “UNCLASSIFIED” companies are owned by company 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.

Volatility & Risk

Blaize has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blaize’s competitors have a beta of -0.09, suggesting that their average stock price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blaize	N/A	N/A	-49.12%
Blaize Competitors	0.86%	0.95%	0.80%

Summary

Blaize beats its competitors on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About Blaize

Blaize® has created a transformative new compute solution that unites silicon and software to optimize AI from the edge to the core. We’re partnering with customers to transform their products so they can deliver better experiences and better lives.