Critical Comparison: Polestar Automotive Holding UK (PSNY) & Its Competitors

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Polestar Automotive Holding UK and its rivals, 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 currently has a consensus price target of $1.58, suggesting a potential upside of 29.51%. As a group, “Motor vehicles & car bodies” companies have a potential upside of 4.27%. Given Polestar Automotive Holding UK’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Polestar Automotive Holding UK is more favorable than its rivals.

Volatility and Risk

Polestar Automotive Holding UK has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Polestar Automotive Holding UK’s rivals have a beta of 3.50, suggesting that their average stock price is 250% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional 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, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Polestar Automotive Holding UK and its rivals’ 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%

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Polestar Automotive Holding UK	$2.06 billion	-$1.19 billion	-2.14
Polestar Automotive Holding UK Competitors	$786.70 billion	$2.47 billion	10.85

Polestar Automotive Holding UK’s rivals 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 rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Polestar Automotive Holding UK rivals 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.