LeddarTech (LDTC) versus Its Competitors Critical Contrast

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

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares LeddarTech and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share 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	17.77

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

Profitability

This table compares LeddarTech and its competitors’ 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%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

9.6% of LeddarTech shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.0% of shares of all “Prepackaged software” companies are held by institutional investors. 19.0% of shares of all “Prepackaged software” companies are held by company 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for LeddarTech and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LeddarTech	0	1	1	0	2.50
LeddarTech Competitors	2428	16428	32141	912	2.61

LeddarTech presently has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 77.51%. As a group, “Prepackaged software” companies have a potential upside of 13.98%. Given LeddarTech’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe LeddarTech is more favorable than its competitors.

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 competitors have a beta of 0.40, meaning that their average share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

LeddarTech competitors 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.