Rail Vision (RVSN) & Its Rivals Head to Head Analysis

Rail Vision (NASDAQ:RVSN) is one of 378 publicly-traded companies in the “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Rail Vision to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and valuation.

Volatility and Risk

Rail Vision has a beta of -1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 216% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rail Vision’s peers have a beta of -0.22, suggesting that their average stock price is 122% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Rail Vision and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rail Vision	$1.49 million	-$11.10 million	-0.07
Rail Vision Competitors	$4.01 billion	$191.30 million	-5.51

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Rail Vision and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rail Vision	1	1	0	0	1.50
Rail Vision Competitors	1976	7484	10204	620	2.47

As a group, “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies have a potential upside of 17.25%. Given Rail Vision’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Rail Vision has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Rail Vision and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rail Vision	N/A	N/A	N/A
Rail Vision Competitors	-184.51%	-150.56%	-6.97%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

12.1% of Rail Vision shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.5% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of Rail Vision shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.5% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Rail Vision peers beat Rail Vision on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

Rail Vision Company Profile

Rail Vision Ltd. designs, develops, assembles, and sells railway detection systems for railway operational safety, efficiency, and predictive maintenance in Israel. The company's railway detection systems include various cameras, such as optics, visible light spectrum cameras (video), and thermal cameras that transmit data to a ruggedized on-board computer that is designed to be suitable for the rough environment of a train's locomotive. It offers main line systems for the safety of train operations, prevention of collisions, and reduction of downtime; railway detection system for passengers and freight trains; shunting yard systems for shunting operations; and light rail vehicle systems for detecting and classifying obstacles. The company also provides rail vision big data services, as well as maintenance and predictive maintenance systems; and geographic information systems for mapping and updates. Rail Vision Ltd. was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Ra'anana, Israel.