Beneficient (BENF) vs. The Competition Critical Contrast

Beneficient (NASDAQ:BENF) is one of 1,753 publicly-traded companies in the “Capital Markets” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Beneficient to related businesses based on the strength of its dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and profitability.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Beneficient and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Beneficient	N/A	N/A	-0.05
Beneficient Competitors	$2.26 billion	$395.58 million	19.78

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

90.6% of Beneficient shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.6% of shares of all “Capital Markets” companies are held by institutional investors. 10.1% of Beneficient shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.2% of shares of all “Capital Markets” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Beneficient and its competitors, 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	5211	19512	21808	599	2.38

As a group, “Capital Markets” companies have a potential upside of 23.76%. Given Beneficient’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Beneficient has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Beneficient and its competitors’ 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	2,637.26%	9.95%	3.66%

Summary

Beneficient competitors beat Beneficient on 10 of the 11 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.