TOYO (TOYO) and Its Peers Head to Head Review

TOYO (NASDAQ:TOYO) is one of 47 public companies in the “Solar” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare TOYO to related companies based on the strength of its risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
TOYO	$427.38 million	$39.66 million	15.53
TOYO Competitors	$1.51 billion	$21.55 million	7.69

TOYO’s peers have higher revenue, but lower earnings than TOYO. TOYO is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for TOYO and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TOYO	0	2	2	0	2.50
TOYO Competitors	703	1627	2430	78	2.39

TOYO presently has a consensus price target of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 41.69%. As a group, “Solar” companies have a potential upside of 3.37%. Given TOYO’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe TOYO is more favorable than its peers.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

84.6% of TOYO shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.8% of shares of all “Solar” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of TOYO shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.8% of shares of all “Solar” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TOYO	N/A	N/A	N/A
TOYO Competitors	-436.13%	-60.70%	-7.77%

Risk and Volatility

TOYO has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TOYO’s peers have a beta of 9.33, suggesting that their average stock price is 833% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

TOYO beats its peers on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About TOYO

TOYO Co. Ltd. engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of solar cells and modules. It is involved in integrating the upstream production of wafer and silicon, midstream production of solar cell, downstream production of photovoltaic (PV) modules, and potentially other stages of the solar power supply chain. The company was founded on November 8, 2022 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.