Critical Contrast: Oklo (OKLO) & Its Rivals

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

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%

Analyst Recommendations

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Oklo	0	3	3	0	2.50
Oklo Competitors	1174	4959	4767	101	2.34

Oklo presently has a consensus target price of $44.25, indicating a potential upside of 96.80%. As a group, “Electric services” companies have a potential upside of 18.85%. Given Oklo’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Oklo is more favorable than its peers.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

85.0% of Oklo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.0% of shares of all “Electric services” companies are held by institutional investors. 21.8% of Oklo shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of shares of all “Electric services” companies are held by 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.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Oklo	N/A	$11.87 million	-2.22
Oklo Competitors	$1,278.11 billion	$598.83 million	15.87

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.

Risk and Volatility

Oklo has a beta of -0.01, suggesting that its stock price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oklo’s peers have a beta of -1.07, suggesting that their average stock price is 207% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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

Oklo Company Profile

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.