Comparing Amplitude (AMPL) & The Competition

Amplitude (NASDAQ:AMPL) is one of 959 publicly-traded companies in the “Software” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Amplitude to similar businesses based on the strength of its earnings, risk, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amplitude	-25.24%	-50.22%	-23.77%
Amplitude Competitors	-596.15%	26.13%	-8.98%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Amplitude and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amplitude	1	2	8	1	2.75
Amplitude Competitors	5852	21632	45028	1503	2.57

Amplitude currently has a consensus price target of $17.64, suggesting a potential upside of 1.71%. As a group, “Software” companies have a potential upside of 28.40%. Given Amplitude’s peers higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Amplitude has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

73.2% of Amplitude shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.5% of shares of all “Software” companies are held by institutional investors. 21.6% of Amplitude shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.9% of shares of all “Software” 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.

Risk and Volatility

Amplitude has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amplitude’s peers have a beta of 1.33, suggesting that their average stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Amplitude and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amplitude	$343.21 million	-$88.54 million	-22.82
Amplitude Competitors	$1.79 billion	$382.69 million	112.31

Amplitude’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Amplitude. Amplitude 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

Amplitude peers beat Amplitude on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About Amplitude

Amplitude, Inc. develops a digital analytics platform that helps organizations understand how people use their websites, mobile apps and other digital products. Its software analyzes customer interactions to help teams identify usage patterns and make product and customer-experience decisions. The platform includes tools for product analytics, session replay and experimentation. These features allow businesses to examine user journeys, measure engagement and test changes to digital experiences. Founded in 2012, Amplitude serves organizations across a range of industries and geographies.