Polestar Automotive Holding UK (PSNY) and Its Peers Critical Review

Polestar Automotive Holding UK (NASDAQ:PSNY) is one of 75 public companies in the “Motor vehicles & car bodies” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Polestar Automotive Holding UK to related businesses based on the strength of its dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and profitability.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

1.0% of Polestar Automotive Holding UK shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.3% of shares of all “Motor vehicles & car bodies” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Polestar Automotive Holding UK shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.1% of shares of all “Motor vehicles & car bodies” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Polestar Automotive Holding UK and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Polestar Automotive Holding UK	$2.06 billion	-$1.19 billion	-2.16
Polestar Automotive Holding UK Competitors	$786.59 billion	$2.47 billion	10.52

Polestar Automotive Holding UK’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Polestar Automotive Holding UK. Polestar Automotive Holding UK 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.

Risk & Volatility

Polestar Automotive Holding UK has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Polestar Automotive Holding UK’s competitors have a beta of 3.53, indicating that their average stock price is 253% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Polestar Automotive Holding UK and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Polestar Automotive Holding UK	N/A	N/A	N/A
Polestar Automotive Holding UK Competitors	-996.88%	-28.87%	-11.45%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Polestar Automotive Holding UK and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Polestar Automotive Holding UK	2	3	1	0	1.83
Polestar Automotive Holding UK Competitors	1004	2599	3466	160	2.38

Polestar Automotive Holding UK presently has a consensus price target of $1.58, suggesting a potential upside of 28.46%. As a group, “Motor vehicles & car bodies” companies have a potential upside of 0.74%. Given Polestar Automotive Holding UK’s higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Polestar Automotive Holding UK is more favorable than its competitors.

Summary

Polestar Automotive Holding UK competitors beat Polestar Automotive Holding UK on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About Polestar Automotive Holding UK

Polestar Automotive Holding UK PLC manufactures and sells premium electric vehicles. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden.