Financial Contrast: Slam (SLAM) vs. The Competition

Slam (NASDAQ:SLAM) is one of 33 publicly-traded companies in the “Communication services, not elsewhere classified” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Slam to similar businesses based on the strength of its risk, earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Volatility & Risk

Slam has a beta of 0.01, meaning that its share price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Slam’s rivals have a beta of -14.67, meaning that their average share price is 1,567% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Slam and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Slam	N/A	$4.59 million	101.00
Slam Competitors	$2.60 billion	-$290.06 million	10.39

Slam’s rivals have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Slam. Slam is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Slam	N/A	-11.70%	2.36%
Slam Competitors	-488.40%	-75.93%	-6.69%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

87.3% of Slam shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.5% of shares of all “Communication services, not elsewhere classified” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Slam shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 27.9% of shares of all “Communication services, not elsewhere classified” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Slam and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Slam	0	0	0	0	N/A
Slam Competitors	123	278	451	17	2.42

As a group, “Communication services, not elsewhere classified” companies have a potential upside of 39.83%. Given Slam’s rivals higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Slam has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Summary

Slam beats its rivals on 7 of the 10 factors compared.

About Slam

Slam Corp. does not have significant operations. It intends to effect a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or related business combination with one or more businesses or entities. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is based in New York, New York.