Critical Survey: Richtech Robotics (RR) and Its Competitors

Richtech Robotics (NASDAQ:RR) is one of 24 publicly-traded companies in the “General industrial machinery,” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Richtech Robotics to related businesses based on the strength of its profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and earnings.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Richtech Robotics and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Richtech Robotics	$4.39 million	-$8.14 million	-16.85
Richtech Robotics Competitors	$1.28 billion	$10.82 million	-21.47

Richtech Robotics’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than Richtech Robotics. Richtech Robotics is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Volatility and Risk

Richtech Robotics has a beta of -7.94, indicating that its stock price is 894% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Richtech Robotics’ peers have a beta of 0.51, indicating that their average stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.0% of Richtech Robotics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.1% of shares of all “General industrial machinery,” companies are held by institutional investors. 41.3% of Richtech Robotics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of shares of all “General industrial machinery,” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Richtech Robotics and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Richtech Robotics	0	0	1	0	3.00
Richtech Robotics Competitors	103	382	470	16	2.41

Richtech Robotics currently has a consensus price target of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 36.99%. As a group, “General industrial machinery,” companies have a potential upside of 34.84%. Given Richtech Robotics’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Richtech Robotics is more favorable than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Richtech Robotics and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Richtech Robotics	-203.60%	-32.24%	-29.63%
Richtech Robotics Competitors	-198.06%	-27.97%	-18.68%

Summary

Richtech Robotics peers beat Richtech Robotics on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

Richtech Robotics Company Profile

Richtech Robotics Inc. develops, manufactures, deploys, and sells robotic solutions for automation in the service industry. The company offers indoor transport and delivery, sanitation, and food and beverage automation solutions, such as ADAM and ARM worker robots; delivery robots, including Matradee, Matradee X, Matradee L, Richie, and Robbie; and cleaning robots comprising DUST-E SX, and DUST-E MX, as well as accessories, such as bus tubs, cup holders, magnetic tray cases, smartwatches, table location systems, and tray covers. It primarily serves restaurants, hotels, casinos, senior living centers, factories, and retail centers, as well as hospitals, and movie theaters. The company was formerly known as Richtech Creative Displays LLC and changed its name to Richtech Robotics Inc. on June 22, 2022. Richtech Robotics Inc. was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.