Financial Analysis: Slam (SLAM) versus Its Rivals

Slam (NASDAQ:SLAM) is one of 33 publicly-traded companies in the “Communication services, not elsewhere classified” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Slam to similar businesses based on the strength of its valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Slam and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Slam	0	0	0	0	N/A
Slam Competitors	123	278	451	17	2.42

As a group, “Communication services, not elsewhere classified” companies have a potential upside of 37.91%. Given Slam’s peers higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Slam has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

87.3% of Slam shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.5% of shares of all “Communication services, not elsewhere classified” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Slam shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.9% of shares of all “Communication services, not elsewhere classified” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Slam and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Slam	N/A	$4.59 million	100.91
Slam Competitors	$2.61 billion	-$290.06 million	10.05

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Slam	N/A	-11.70%	2.36%
Slam Competitors	-488.40%	-75.93%	-6.69%

Volatility & Risk

Slam has a beta of 0.01, meaning that its stock price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Slam’s peers have a beta of -14.67, meaning that their average stock price is 1,567% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Slam beats its peers on 7 of the 10 factors compared.

Slam Company Profile

Slam Corp. does not have significant operations. It intends to effect a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or related business combination with one or more businesses or entities. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is based in New York, New York.