Comparing Oklo (OKLO) and Its Competitors

Oklo (NYSE:OKLO) is one of 108 publicly-traded companies in the “Electric services” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Oklo to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation and risk.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Oklo and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Oklo	N/A	$11.87 million	-2.14
Oklo Competitors	$1,278.11 billion	$598.83 million	15.43

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Oklo	N/A	-32.11%	-13.72%
Oklo Competitors	3.59%	7.49%	1.48%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

85.0% of Oklo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.0% of shares of all “Electric services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 21.8% of Oklo shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of shares of all “Electric services” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Oklo has a beta of -0.28, suggesting that its share price is 128% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oklo’s peers have a beta of -1.00, suggesting that their average share price is 200% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for Oklo and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Oklo	0	2	3	0	2.60
Oklo Competitors	1162	4942	4753	101	2.35

Oklo currently has a consensus price target of $44.25, indicating a potential upside of 103.77%. As a group, “Electric services” companies have a potential upside of 15.59%. Given Oklo’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Oklo is more favorable than its peers.

Summary

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

About Oklo

Oklo Inc. designs and develops fission power plants to provide reliable and commercial-scale energy to customers in the United States. It also provides used nuclear fuel recycling services. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Santa Clara, California.