Oklo (OKLO) & The Competition Critical Review

Oklo (NYSE:OKLO) is one of 108 public companies in the “Electric services” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Oklo to related companies based on the strength of its valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

85.0% of Oklo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.0% of shares of all “Electric services” companies are held by institutional investors. 21.8% of Oklo shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of shares of all “Electric services” companies are held by 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.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Oklo and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Oklo	N/A	$11.87 million	-2.21
Oklo Competitors	$1,278.11 billion	$598.83 million	15.60

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Oklo and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Oklo	0	2	3	0	2.60
Oklo Competitors	1160	4941	4752	101	2.35

Oklo currently has a consensus price target of $44.25, suggesting a potential upside of 97.41%. As a group, “Electric services” companies have a potential upside of 16.04%. Given Oklo’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Oklo is more favorable than its peers.

Volatility and Risk

Oklo has a beta of -0.28, suggesting that its share price is 128% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oklo’s peers have a beta of -1.00, suggesting that their average share price is 200% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Oklo	N/A	-32.11%	-13.72%
Oklo Competitors	3.59%	7.49%	1.48%

Summary

Oklo peers beat Oklo on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

Oklo Company Profile

Oklo Inc. designs and develops fission power plants to provide reliable and commercial-scale energy to customers in the United States. It also provides used nuclear fuel recycling services. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Santa Clara, California.