Critical Contrast: Richtech Robotics (RR) versus Its Competitors

Richtech Robotics (NASDAQ:RR) is one of 24 publicly-traded companies in the “General industrial machinery,” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Richtech Robotics to similar businesses based on the strength of its earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

Volatility & Risk

Richtech Robotics has a beta of -7.94, meaning that its share price is 894% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Richtech Robotics’ peers have a beta of 0.51, meaning that their average share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Richtech Robotics and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Richtech Robotics	$4.39 million	-$8.14 million	-19.23
Richtech Robotics Competitors	$1.28 billion	$10.82 million	-24.03

Richtech Robotics’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than Richtech Robotics. Richtech Robotics is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Richtech Robotics and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Richtech Robotics	0	0	1	0	3.00
Richtech Robotics Competitors	103	381	467	16	2.41

Richtech Robotics currently has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.00%. As a group, “General industrial machinery,” companies have a potential upside of 30.25%. Given Richtech Robotics’ peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Richtech Robotics has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Richtech Robotics	-203.60%	-32.24%	-29.63%
Richtech Robotics Competitors	-198.06%	-27.97%	-18.68%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.0% of Richtech Robotics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.1% of shares of all “General industrial machinery,” companies are owned by institutional investors. 41.3% of Richtech Robotics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of shares of all “General industrial machinery,” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Richtech Robotics peers beat Richtech Robotics on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About Richtech Robotics

Richtech Robotics Inc. develops, manufactures, deploys, and sells robotic solutions for automation in the service industry. The company offers indoor transport and delivery, sanitation, and food and beverage automation solutions, such as ADAM and ARM worker robots; delivery robots, including Matradee, Matradee X, Matradee L, Richie, and Robbie; and cleaning robots comprising DUST-E SX, and DUST-E MX, as well as accessories, such as bus tubs, cup holders, magnetic tray cases, smartwatches, table location systems, and tray covers. It primarily serves restaurants, hotels, casinos, senior living centers, factories, and retail centers, as well as hospitals, and movie theaters. The company was formerly known as Richtech Creative Displays LLC and changed its name to Richtech Robotics Inc. on June 22, 2022. Richtech Robotics Inc. was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.