Rail Vision (RVSN) versus The Competition Financial Analysis

Rail Vision (NASDAQ:RVSN) is one of 378 publicly-traded companies in the “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Rail Vision to similar companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Rail Vision and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rail Vision	$1.49 million	-$11.10 million	-0.05
Rail Vision Competitors	$4.03 billion	$190.55 million	0.07

Rail Vision’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Rail Vision. Rail Vision 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.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

12.1% of Rail Vision shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.5% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of Rail Vision shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.4% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are held by company 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 Rail Vision and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rail Vision	N/A	N/A	N/A
Rail Vision Competitors	-184.55%	-150.00%	-6.93%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Rail Vision and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rail Vision	1	1	0	0	1.50
Rail Vision Competitors	2002	7529	10264	628	2.47

As a group, “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies have a potential upside of 28.00%. Given Rail Vision’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Rail Vision has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Risk & Volatility

Rail Vision has a beta of -1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 216% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rail Vision’s rivals have a beta of -0.31, suggesting that their average stock price is 131% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Rail Vision rivals beat Rail Vision on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

Rail Vision Company Profile

Rail Vision Ltd. designs, develops, assembles, and sells railway detection systems for railway operational safety, efficiency, and predictive maintenance in Israel. The company's railway detection systems include various cameras, such as optics, visible light spectrum cameras (video), and thermal cameras that transmit data to a ruggedized on-board computer that is designed to be suitable for the rough environment of a train's locomotive. It offers main line systems for the safety of train operations, prevention of collisions, and reduction of downtime; railway detection system for passengers and freight trains; shunting yard systems for shunting operations; and light rail vehicle systems for detecting and classifying obstacles. The company also provides rail vision big data services, as well as maintenance and predictive maintenance systems; and geographic information systems for mapping and updates. Rail Vision Ltd. was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Ra'anana, Israel.