Analyzing AmpliTech Group (AMPG) & The Competition

AmpliTech Group (NASDAQ:AMPG) is one of 377 public companies in the “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare AmpliTech Group to related companies based on the strength of its risk, dividends, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and earnings.

Volatility and Risk

AmpliTech Group has a beta of -0.22, suggesting that its share price is 122% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AmpliTech Group’s rivals have a beta of -0.25, suggesting that their average share price is 125% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

11.0% of AmpliTech Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.5% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are held by institutional investors. 12.3% of AmpliTech Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.2% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for AmpliTech Group and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AmpliTech Group	1	0	1	0	2.00
AmpliTech Group Competitors	2047	7599	10422	660	2.47

AmpliTech Group presently has a consensus price target of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 177.78%. As a group, “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies have a potential upside of 32.62%. Given AmpliTech Group’s higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe AmpliTech Group is more favorable than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares AmpliTech Group and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AmpliTech Group	-33.37%	-19.55%	-14.76%
AmpliTech Group Competitors	-158.14%	-25.87%	-6.85%

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
AmpliTech Group	$25.20 million	-$7.01 million	-7.41
AmpliTech Group Competitors	$4.00 billion	$172.92 million	6.12

AmpliTech Group’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than AmpliTech Group. AmpliTech Group 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.

Summary

AmpliTech Group rivals beat AmpliTech Group on 8 of the 12 factors compared.

AmpliTech Group Company Profile

AmpliTech Group, Inc. designs, engineers, and assembles micro-wave component-based amplifiers. The company’s products include radio frequency (RF) amplifiers and related subsystems, such as low noise amplifiers for use in receivers of various communication systems comprising Wi-Fi, radar, satellite, base station, cell phone, radio, etc.; and medium power amplifiers that provide enhanced output power and gain in transceiver chains. It provides specialty microwave block downconverters used as a test device on satellite access point antennas; specialty microwave 1:2 Tx protection switch panels that is used in satellite communication earth stations; desktop/benchtop and compact wideband power amplifiers used in SATCOM rack mount systems, as well as test equipment used in integrators and manufacturers of various communications systems, such as cellular base stations, simulators, and point to point wireless radios; and waveguide to coaxial adapters for SATCOM and satellite internet gateway systems. In addition, the company offers cryogenic amplifiers for quantum computing, medical, RF imaging, research and development, space communications, accelerators, radiometry, and telephony applications; and cryogenic and non-cryogenic 4g/5g small cell subsystems for high-speed networks and airline Wi-Fi systems. Further, it provides custom assembly designs and non-recurring engineering services on a project-by-project basis, as well as IC packaging and lids products. The company serves aerospace, government, defense, commercial satellite, and wireless industries through sales representatives and distributors in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and South Asia. AmpliTech Group, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is based in Hauppauge, New York.