Critical Review: Gorilla Technology Group (GRRR) & Its Peers

Gorilla Technology Group (NASDAQ:GRRR) is one of 258 public companies in the “Technology Services” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Gorilla Technology Group to similar companies based on the strength of its valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares Gorilla Technology Group and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gorilla Technology Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Gorilla Technology Group Competitors	-381.43%	-647.44%	-14.64%

Volatility & Risk

Gorilla Technology Group has a beta of -0.27, suggesting that its share price is 127% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gorilla Technology Group’s rivals have a beta of -15.49, suggesting that their average share price is 1,649% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

1.3% of Gorilla Technology Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.4% of shares of all “Technology Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 30.5% of Gorilla Technology Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.7% of shares of all “Technology Services” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Gorilla Technology Group and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gorilla Technology Group	$74.67 million	-$64.79 million	55.44
Gorilla Technology Group Competitors	$1.24 billion	$22.28 million	2.58

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Gorilla Technology Group and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gorilla Technology Group	2	0	1	0	1.67
Gorilla Technology Group Competitors	1278	2565	5171	298	2.48

Gorilla Technology Group presently has a consensus price target of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.24%. As a group, “Technology Services” companies have a potential upside of 20.76%. Given Gorilla Technology Group’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Gorilla Technology Group has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Summary

Gorilla Technology Group rivals beat Gorilla Technology Group on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

Gorilla Technology Group Company Profile

Gorilla Technology Group Inc. provides video intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT) security, and edge content management hardware, software, and services in the Asia Pacific region. The company operates through three segments: Video IoT, Security Convergence, and Other segments. It offers intelligent video analytics AI models for various verticals, such as behavioral analytics, people/face recognition, vehicle analysis, object recognition, and business intelligence that can scan video for patterns and distinguish specific items using AI algorithms and metadata. The company also provides information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) security convergence AI algorithms for system administrators and security engineers to detect suspicious behaviors in real time; network anomaly detection AI models; and endpoint malware and suspicious behavior detection AI models. In addition, it offers intelligent video analytics (IVA) appliances to analyze and turn unstructured video and picture data into structured data; IVAR appliance that provides insight into business and operations in a statistic dashboard; smart attendance to track employee health and safety, work hours, clock-ins/outs, and absenteeism, as well as to protect company assets and intellectual properties; event and video management system appliances to store event/object attributes in temporal-spatial big data database from Gorilla; and operation technology security appliance to monitor and control physical devices, processes, and infrastructure, as well as to protect industrial systems and networks from various threats. Further, the company provides smart retail SaaS for shopper demographics, visualized shopper behavior, and advanced data analytics, smart city and transportation SaaS for traffic management, public safety, and planning data; and endpoint security SaaS that protects endpoints against security threats. Gorilla Technology Group Inc. is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.