Contrasting Bending Spoons (BSP) and Its Peers

Bending Spoons (NASDAQ:BSP) is one of 956 publicly-traded companies in the “Software” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Bending Spoons to related companies based on the strength of its dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

42.1% of shares of all “Software” companies are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Bending Spoons shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.9% of shares of all “Software” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Bending Spoons and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bending Spoons	2	4	5	1	2.42
Bending Spoons Competitors	5642	21331	44477	1481	2.57

Bending Spoons presently has a consensus price target of $44.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.76%. As a group, “Software” companies have a potential upside of 318.98%. Given Bending Spoons’ peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bending Spoons has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Bending Spoons and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bending Spoons	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bending Spoons Competitors	-628.61%	17.49%	-9.04%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Bending Spoons and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bending Spoons	$3.34 billion	-$140,000.00	48.73
Bending Spoons Competitors	$1.81 billion	$383.63 million	111.75

Bending Spoons has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its peers. Bending Spoons 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.

Summary

Bending Spoons peers beat Bending Spoons on 8 of the 12 factors compared.

Bending Spoons Company Profile

Bending Spoons S.p.A. is a technology company. It acquires digital businesses, implements deep transformations and ongoing optimizations to sustainably expand earnings and reinvests in additional acquisitions, thereby continuing the compounding cycle. Bending Spoons S.p.A. is based in MILAN.