Critical Review: Bending Spoons (BSP) versus The Competition

Bending Spoons (NASDAQ:BSP) is one of 956 public companies in the “Software” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Bending Spoons to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and dividends.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Bending Spoons and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bending Spoons	$3.34 billion	-$140,000.00	56.51
Bending Spoons Competitors	$1.87 billion	$384.43 million	112.59

Bending Spoons has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its rivals. Bending Spoons is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Bending Spoons and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bending Spoons	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bending Spoons Competitors	-630.12%	17.50%	-9.05%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

41.9% of shares of all “Software” companies are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Bending Spoons shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.9% of shares of all “Software” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Bending Spoons and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bending Spoons	2	4	5	1	2.42
Bending Spoons Competitors	5710	21451	44681	1488	2.57

Bending Spoons presently has a consensus price target of $44.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.18%. As a group, “Software” companies have a potential upside of 25.08%. Given Bending Spoons’ rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bending Spoons has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Summary

Bending Spoons rivals beat Bending Spoons on 8 of the 12 factors compared.

Bending Spoons Company Profile

Bending Spoons S.p.A. is a technology company. It acquires digital businesses, implements deep transformations and ongoing optimizations to sustainably expand earnings and reinvests in additional acquisitions, thereby continuing the compounding cycle. Bending Spoons S.p.A. is based in MILAN.