Critical Contrast: Rubrik (RBRK) versus Its Competitors

Rubrik (NYSE:RBRK) is one of 461 public companies in the “Prepackaged software” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Rubrik to similar businesses based on the strength of its dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings and valuation.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rubrik	-141.57%	N/A	-100.28%
Rubrik Competitors	-71.61%	-38.00%	-6.78%

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rubrik	$886.54 million	-$354.16 million	-5.06
Rubrik Competitors	$2.51 billion	$326.31 million	-671.96

Rubrik’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Rubrik. Rubrik 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.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

49.5% of Rubrik shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.9% of shares of all “Prepackaged software” companies are held by institutional investors. 18.9% of shares of all “Prepackaged software” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Rubrik and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rubrik	0	2	17	2	3.00
Rubrik Competitors	2539	17313	33466	989	2.61

Rubrik presently has a consensus target price of $68.83, indicating a potential downside of 1.36%. As a group, “Prepackaged software” companies have a potential upside of 21.57%. Given Rubrik’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Rubrik has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Summary

Rubrik rivals beat Rubrik on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

About Rubrik

Rubrik, Inc. provides data security solutions to individuals and businesses worldwide. The company offers enterprise data protection, unstructured data protection, cloud data protection, and SaaS data protection solutions; data threat analytics; data security posture; and cyber recovery solutions. It serves financial, retail, trade, transportation, energy, industrial, healthcare and life science, education, technology, media, communications, and public sectors. Rubrik, Inc. was formerly known as Scaledata, Inc. and changed its name to Rubrik, Inc. in October 2014. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Palo Alto, California.