Stardust Power (SDST) and The Competition Critical Survey

Stardust Power (NASDAQ:SDST) is one of 69 publicly-traded companies in the “ELEC PRODS – MISC” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Stardust Power to similar businesses based on the strength of its profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Stardust Power and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Stardust Power	0	1	2	2	3.20
Stardust Power Competitors	261	1576	2155	155	2.53

Stardust Power currently has a consensus target price of $5.11, indicating a potential upside of 2,605.03%. As a group, “ELEC PRODS – MISC” companies have a potential upside of 5.62%. Given Stardust Power’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Stardust Power is more favorable than its peers.

Volatility & Risk

Stardust Power has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stardust Power’s peers have a beta of 0.80, meaning that their average stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Stardust Power and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Stardust Power	N/A	N/A	-337.00%
Stardust Power Competitors	-154.13%	-93.81%	-8.45%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

32.8% of Stardust Power shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.2% of shares of all “ELEC PRODS – MISC” companies are owned by institutional investors. 55.3% of Stardust Power shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.9% of shares of all “ELEC PRODS – MISC” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Stardust Power and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Stardust Power	N/A	-$23.75 million	-0.26
Stardust Power Competitors	$3.67 billion	$266.04 million	2.57

Stardust Power’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Stardust Power. Stardust Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Stardust Power peers beat Stardust Power on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

Stardust Power Company Profile

Stardust Power Inc. is a vertically-integrated lithium refinery that engages in producing battery-grade lithium. The company was founded in 2022 and is based in Greenwich, Connecticut.