Analyzing Polestar Automotive Holding UK (PSNY) and The Competition

Polestar Automotive Holding UK (NASDAQ:PSNY) is one of 71 public companies in the “Motor vehicles & car bodies” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Polestar Automotive Holding UK to similar businesses based on the strength of its earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Polestar Automotive Holding UK and its competitors, as provided 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	935	2353	3016	139	2.37

Polestar Automotive Holding UK presently has a consensus price target of $1.58, suggesting a potential upside of 18.80%. As a group, “Motor vehicles & car bodies” companies have a potential upside of 8.18%. Given Polestar Automotive Holding UK’s higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Polestar Automotive Holding UK is more favorable than its competitors.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

1.0% of Polestar Automotive Holding UK shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.9% 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, 12.9% of shares of all “Motor vehicles & car bodies” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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	-1,051.04%	-28.44%	-11.07%

Risk and Volatility

Polestar Automotive Holding UK has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Polestar Automotive Holding UK’s competitors have a beta of 3.59, suggesting that their average stock price is 259% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Polestar Automotive Holding UK	$2.06 billion	-$1.19 billion	-2.33
Polestar Automotive Holding UK Competitors	$626.66 billion	$2.20 billion	-10.48

Polestar Automotive Holding UK’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Polestar Automotive Holding UK. Polestar Automotive Holding UK is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Polestar Automotive Holding UK competitors beat Polestar Automotive Holding UK on 8 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.