Critical Survey: Blaize (BZAI) vs. Its Rivals

Blaize (NASDAQ:BZAI) is one of 89 public companies in the “UNCLASSIFIED” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Blaize to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Blaize and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Blaize	$1.55 million	-$4.11 million	-4.05
Blaize Competitors	$203.60 million	-$18.84 million	92.93

Blaize’s rivals have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Blaize. Blaize 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Blaize and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Blaize	1	1	4	1	2.71
Blaize Competitors	241	267	217	3	1.98

Blaize presently has a consensus price target of $7.60, indicating a potential upside of 229.00%. As a group, “UNCLASSIFIED” companies have a potential upside of 26.81%. Given Blaize’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Blaize is more favorable than its rivals.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blaize	N/A	N/A	-31.40%
Blaize Competitors	0.86%	0.95%	0.80%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

97.1% of Blaize shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.0% of shares of all “UNCLASSIFIED” companies are held by institutional investors. 17.4% of Blaize shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 42.7% of shares of all “UNCLASSIFIED” 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.

Volatility and Risk

Blaize has a beta of 0.29, meaning that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blaize’s rivals have a beta of -0.09, meaning that their average share price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Blaize beats its rivals on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

Blaize Company Profile

Blaize® has created a transformative new compute solution that unites silicon and software to optimize AI from the edge to the core. We’re partnering with customers to transform their products so they can deliver better experiences and better lives.