Critical Survey: Core AI (CHAI) & Its Rivals

Core AI (NASDAQ:CHAI) is one of 188 public companies in the “Entertainment” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Core AI to similar businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, dividends, risk and valuation.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Core AI	$55.24 million	-$31.59 million	-0.09
Core AI Competitors	$4.10 billion	$68.78 million	-7.34

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

Risk & Volatility

Core AI has a beta of 1.99, suggesting that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Core AI’s rivals have a beta of 1.05, suggesting that their average share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Core AI	-78.92%	-123.03%	-69.57%
Core AI Competitors	10.16%	-3.61%	-3.23%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

9.9% of Core AI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.1% of shares of all “Entertainment” companies are held by institutional investors. 6.8% of Core AI shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.0% of shares of all “Entertainment” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Core AI and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Core AI	1	0	0	0	1.00
Core AI Competitors	1746	4335	9344	237	2.52

As a group, “Entertainment” companies have a potential upside of 25.35%. Given Core AI’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Core AI has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Summary

Core AI rivals beat Core AI on 11 of the 13 factors compared.

Core AI Company Profile

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