Comparing Fusemachines (FUSE) & Its Peers

Fusemachines (NASDAQ:FUSE) is one of 275 public companies in the “IT Services” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Fusemachines to similar companies based on the strength of its risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fusemachines	N/A	N/A	N/A
Fusemachines Competitors	-187.18%	-35.52%	-8.67%

Risk & Volatility

Fusemachines has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fusemachines’ rivals have a beta of 1.59, meaning that their average stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Fusemachines and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fusemachines	1	0	0	0	1.00
Fusemachines Competitors	1894	5527	9220	327	2.47

As a group, “IT Services” companies have a potential upside of 6.72%. Given Fusemachines’ rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Fusemachines has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

46.8% of Fusemachines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.8% of shares of all “IT Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 31.8% of Fusemachines shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.2% of shares of all “IT Services” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fusemachines	$7.71 million	-$930,000.00	-5.93
Fusemachines Competitors	$8.65 billion	$221.12 million	-46.66

Fusemachines’ rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Fusemachines. Fusemachines 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.

Summary

Fusemachines rivals beat Fusemachines on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

Fusemachines Company Profile

Fusemachines Inc. develops and delivers artificial intelligence (AI) as a service and machine learning software solutions. The company offers Fuse Anna which is an AI assistant for follow ups through daily reminders; and Fuse Prospector which is an artificial intelligence sales platform. Further, the company offers managed outbound services and AI as a service for big data processing, data management, and cloud analytics. Additionally, it offers Fusemachines AI fellowship program, which provides selected scholars from underserved communities with mentorship and resources to develop advanced skills in artificial intelligence and machine learning; as well as Fusemachines Academy, a learning platform to build and enhance skills. The company serves governments, financial institutions, and e-commerce companies. The company is based in New York, New York with an additional offices in Kathmandu, Nepal; Toronto, Canada; Kochi, India; Santo Domingo, Cuba.