Contrasting LeddarTech (LDTC) & Its Rivals

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

Profitability

This table compares LeddarTech and its peers’ 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 summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for LeddarTech and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LeddarTech	0	2	1	0	2.33
LeddarTech Competitors	2423	16400	32097	910	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 12.04%. Given LeddarTech’s higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe LeddarTech is more favorable than its peers.

Insider and Institutional 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 insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares LeddarTech and its peers 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	18.16

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

Volatility and Risk

LeddarTech has a beta of -0.21, indicating that its stock price is 121% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LeddarTech’s peers have a beta of 0.43, indicating that their average stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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

LeddarTech Company Profile

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.