Head to Head Analysis: Fisker (FSRN) and Its Peers

Fisker (NYSE:FSRN) is one of 68 public companies in the “Motor vehicles & car bodies” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Fisker to similar companies based on the strength of its profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

33.6% of Fisker shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.5% of shares of all “Motor vehicles & car bodies” companies are held by institutional investors. 26.3% of Fisker shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.8% of shares of all “Motor vehicles & car bodies” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Fisker and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fisker	0	0	0	0	N/A
Fisker Competitors	960	2490	3371	151	2.39

As a group, “Motor vehicles & car bodies” companies have a potential upside of 10.57%. Given Fisker’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Fisker has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fisker	$272.89 million	-$761.99 million	-0.02
Fisker Competitors	$46.73 billion	$2.55 billion	19.59

Fisker’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Fisker. Fisker is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Risk & Volatility

Fisker has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fisker’s rivals have a beta of 3.72, meaning that their average stock price is 272% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Fisker and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fisker	-278.72%	-110.93%	-23.14%
Fisker Competitors	-150.58%	-24.54%	-9.11%

Summary

Fisker rivals beat Fisker on 8 of the 9 factors compared.

About Fisker

Fisker Inc. develops, manufactures, markets, leases, or sells electric vehicles. It operates through three segments: The White Space, The Value Segment, and The Conservative Premium segments. The company is also involved in asset-light automotive business. In addition, it offers fisker flexible platform agnostic design, a process that develops and designs electric vehicles in specific segment size. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Manhattan Beach, California.