Beneficient (BENF) and The Competition Head-To-Head Analysis

Beneficient (NASDAQ:BENF) is one of 149 public companies in the “FIN – MISC SVCS” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Beneficient to similar companies based on the strength of its earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and valuation.

Earnings & Valuation

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

Beneficient’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Beneficient. Beneficient 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.

Profitability

This table compares Beneficient and its rivals’ 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%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

90.6% of Beneficient shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.5% of shares of all “FIN – MISC SVCS” companies are owned by institutional investors. 10.1% of Beneficient shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of shares of all “FIN – MISC SVCS” 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

Beneficient has a beta of -0.01, suggesting that its share price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beneficient’s rivals have a beta of 4.37, suggesting that their average share price is 337% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Beneficient and its rivals, as reported 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 25.79%. Given Beneficient’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Beneficient has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Summary

Beneficient rivals 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.