Critical Contrast: LeddarTech (LDTC) versus Its Rivals

LeddarTech (NASDAQ:LDTC) is one of 458 publicly-traded companies in the “Prepackaged software” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare LeddarTech to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares LeddarTech and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
LeddarTech	$477,812.00	$370,000.00	-0.11
LeddarTech Competitors	$2.45 billion	$333.74 million	18.27

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

Volatility and Risk

LeddarTech has a beta of -1.67, meaning that its share price is 267% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LeddarTech’s rivals have a beta of 0.41, meaning that their average share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

9.6% of LeddarTech shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.0% of shares of all “Prepackaged software” companies are owned by institutional investors. 19.0% of shares of all “Prepackaged software” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LeddarTech	N/A	N/A	-87.06%
LeddarTech Competitors	-66.21%	-39.74%	-6.98%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for LeddarTech and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LeddarTech	0	1	1	0	2.50
LeddarTech Competitors	2424	16404	32100	911	2.61

LeddarTech presently has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 89.87%. As a group, “Prepackaged software” companies have a potential upside of 12.06%. Given LeddarTech’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe LeddarTech is more favorable than its rivals.

Summary

LeddarTech rivals beat LeddarTech on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

About LeddarTech

LeddarTech Holdings Inc. provides AI-based fusion and perception software solutions for advanced driver assistance solutions and autonomous driving applications in Canada. It offers LeddarVision, a raw sensor fusion and perception platform for automotive and off-road industrial vehicles. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in Quebec City, Canada.