Financial Review: Accelerant (ARX) & Its Rivals

Accelerant (NYSE:ARX) is one of 316 public companies in the “Insurance” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Accelerant to similar businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Accelerant and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Accelerant	1	6	6	0	2.38
Accelerant Competitors	3200	15264	16074	672	2.40

Accelerant currently has a consensus price target of $18.73, indicating a potential downside of 4.29%. As a group, “Insurance” companies have a potential upside of 7.17%. Given Accelerant’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Accelerant has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Accelerant and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Accelerant	-135.47%	49.99%	3.33%
Accelerant Competitors	9.71%	10.83%	3.98%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

55.8% of shares of all “Insurance” companies are owned by institutional investors. 66.6% of Accelerant shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of shares of all “Insurance” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Accelerant	$912.90 million	-$1.35 billion	-2.81
Accelerant Competitors	$15.52 billion	$1.69 billion	33.63

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

Summary

Accelerant rivals beat Accelerant on 9 of the 12 factors compared.

About Accelerant

Aeroflex Holding Corp. (Aeroflex Holding) is a provider of radio frequency (RF) and microwave integrated circuits, components and systems used in the design, development and maintenance of wireless communication systems. The Company’s solutions include microelectronic components and test and measurement equipment used by companies in the space, avionics and defense; commercial wireless communications, and medical and other markets. Its products include a range of RF, microwave and millimeter wave microelectronic components, integrated circuits (ICs), and analog and mixed-signal devices. It operates in two segments: Aeroflex Microelectronics Solutions (AMS) and Aeroflex Test Solutions (ATS). In February 2014, Aeroflex Holding Corp announced the acquisition of Shenick Network Systems. In September 2014, Cobham PLC completes Aeroflex acquisition.