Head-To-Head Review: Terrestrial Energy (IMSR) and Its Rivals

Terrestrial Energy (NASDAQ:IMSR) is one of 218 public companies in the “Electrical Equipment” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Terrestrial Energy to related companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, dividends and valuation.

Volatility & Risk

Terrestrial Energy has a beta of 2.39, meaning that its share price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Terrestrial Energy’s competitors have a beta of -19.64, meaning that their average share price is 2,064% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Terrestrial Energy and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Terrestrial Energy	1	1	2	0	2.25
Terrestrial Energy Competitors	2132	4965	6909	412	2.39

Terrestrial Energy currently has a consensus price target of $13.50, suggesting a potential upside of 129.20%. As a group, “Electrical Equipment” companies have a potential upside of 16.93%. Given Terrestrial Energy’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Terrestrial Energy is more favorable than its competitors.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Terrestrial Energy	$250,000.00	-$28.02 million	-58.90
Terrestrial Energy Competitors	$2.30 billion	$136.23 million	24.27

Terrestrial Energy’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Terrestrial Energy. Terrestrial Energy 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.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Terrestrial Energy	N/A	-16.65%	-12.52%
Terrestrial Energy Competitors	-220.27%	-207.19%	-8.26%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

37.6% of shares of all “Electrical Equipment” companies are owned by institutional investors. 28.6% of Terrestrial Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.4% of shares of all “Electrical Equipment” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Terrestrial Energy competitors beat Terrestrial Energy on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About Terrestrial Energy

Terrestrial Energy Inc. produces carbon free nuclear energy in North Carolina and internationally. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.