Financial Analysis: BETA Technologies (BETA) vs. Its Peers

BETA Technologies (NYSE:BETA) is one of 230 public companies in the “Aerospace & Defense” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare BETA Technologies to related companies based on the strength of its dividends, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for BETA Technologies and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BETA Technologies	1	1	9	0	2.73
BETA Technologies Competitors	2078	8048	12376	542	2.49

BETA Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $31.11, indicating a potential upside of 47.89%. As a group, “Aerospace & Defense” companies have a potential upside of 33.34%. Given BETA Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BETA Technologies is more favorable than its peers.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

49.4% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are held by institutional investors. 24.5% of BETA Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.0% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” 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.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares BETA Technologies and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
BETA Technologies	$44.84 million	-$745.87 million	-1.62
BETA Technologies Competitors	$8.40 billion	$573.01 million	26.50

BETA Technologies’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than BETA Technologies. BETA Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares BETA Technologies and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BETA Technologies	-1,913.91%	-96.24%	-48.20%
BETA Technologies Competitors	-305.55%	-31.46%	-4.73%

Summary

BETA Technologies peers beat BETA Technologies on 8 of the 12 factors compared.

BETA Technologies Company Profile

BETA Technologies Inc. is an electric aerospace company. It involved in designing, manufacturing and selling high-performance electric aircraft, advanced electric propulsion systems, components and charging systems. BETA Technologies Inc. is based in SOUTH BURLINGTON.