Head to Head Review: Pony AI (PONY) versus Its Rivals

Pony AI (NASDAQ:PONY) is one of 14 public companies in the “TRANS – EQP&LSNG” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Pony AI to related companies based on the strength of its profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares Pony AI and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pony AI	N/A	N/A	N/A
Pony AI Competitors	10.91%	4.90%	2.78%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

86.4% of shares of all “TRANS – EQP&LSNG” companies are owned by institutional investors. 10.3% of shares of all “TRANS – EQP&LSNG” companies are owned by company 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Pony AI and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pony AI	1	0	7	1	2.89
Pony AI Competitors	132	579	1005	66	2.56

Pony AI presently has a consensus price target of $20.42, suggesting a potential upside of 46.07%. As a group, “TRANS – EQP&LSNG” companies have a potential upside of 10.53%. Given Pony AI’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pony AI is more favorable than its peers.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Pony AI and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pony AI	$75.03 million	-$274.12 million	-11.18
Pony AI Competitors	$3.78 billion	$360.72 million	6.21

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

Summary

Pony AI peers beat Pony AI on 8 of the 12 factors compared.

Pony AI Company Profile

Pony AI Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the autonomous mobility principally in the People’s Republic of China and the United States. The company provides robotruck services, such as transportation services to the logistics platforms. Pony AI Inc. is based in Guangzhou, the People’s Republic of China.