Perimeter Solutions (NYSE:PRM – Get Rating) is one of 32 publicly-traded companies in the “Chemicals & allied products” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Perimeter Solutions to similar companies based on the strength of its dividends, valuation, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Perimeter Solutions and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Perimeter Solutions | $360.51 million | $91.76 million | 23.46 |
| Perimeter Solutions Competitors | $8.35 billion | $307.83 million | 18.54 |
Perimeter Solutions’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Perimeter Solutions. Perimeter Solutions is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.
Volatility and Risk
Perimeter Solutions has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Perimeter Solutions’ competitors have a beta of 0.43, suggesting that their average share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Perimeter Solutions and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Perimeter Solutions | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Perimeter Solutions Competitors | 119 | 898 | 1459 | 42 | 2.57 |
Perimeter Solutions presently has a consensus price target of $14.50, suggesting a potential upside of 87.34%. As a group, “Chemicals & allied products” companies have a potential upside of 51.08%. Given Perimeter Solutions’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Perimeter Solutions is more favorable than its competitors.
Profitability
This table compares Perimeter Solutions and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Perimeter Solutions | 17.58% | 0.20% | 0.09% |
| Perimeter Solutions Competitors | -16.68% | 18.58% | 6.13% |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
73.8% of shares of all “Chemicals & allied products” companies are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Perimeter Solutions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of shares of all “Chemicals & allied products” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Perimeter Solutions competitors beat Perimeter Solutions on 7 of the 13 factors compared.
About Perimeter Solutions
Perimeter Solutions, SA manufactures and supplies firefighting products and lubricant additives in the United States, Germany, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Fire Safety and Oil Additives. The Fire Safety segment provides fire retardants and firefighting foams, as well as specialized equipment and services for federal, state, provincial, local/municipal, and commercial customers. The Oil Additives segment produces Phosphorus Pentasulfide which is primarily used in the preparation of lubricant additives, including a family of compounds called Zinc Dialkyldithiophosphates. The company offers its products under the brands PHOS-CHEK, FIRE-TROL, AUXQUIMIA, SOLBERG. and BIOGEMA. Perimeter Solutions, SA was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Clayton, Missouri.
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