Head to Head Review: Tron (TRON) versus Its Rivals

Tron (NASDAQ:TRON) is one of 348 publicly-traded companies in the “Financial Services” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Tron to similar companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

28.0% of Tron shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.5% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 86.2% of Tron shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.7% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

Tron has a beta of 8.59, suggesting that its share price is 759% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tron’s peers have a beta of 2.27, suggesting that their average share price is 127% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tron	135.58%	-5.60%	-5.53%
Tron Competitors	-406.78%	-18.57%	-6.54%

Analyst Ratings

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tron	1	0	0	0	1.00
Tron Competitors	1887	6729	11345	406	2.50

As a group, “Financial Services” companies have a potential upside of 4.33%. Given Tron’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Tron has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Tron and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tron	$4.74 million	-$16.81 million	-13.82
Tron Competitors	$6.29 billion	$1.05 billion	10.05

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

Summary

Tron peers beat Tron on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

Tron Company Profile

SRM Entertainment, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells toys and souvenirs to theme parks. It sells its products through amusement parks, entertainment venues, and theme hotels in the United States, China, Japan, and internationally. The company was incorporated in 2022 and is based in Jupiter, Florida.