Critical Review: Silvaco Group (SVCO) vs. Its Competitors

Silvaco Group (NASDAQ:SVCO) is one of 461 publicly-traded companies in the “Prepackaged software” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Silvaco Group to similar businesses based on the strength of its valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and earnings.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Silvaco Group and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Silvaco Group	$59.68 million	-$320,000.00	-3.31
Silvaco Group Competitors	$2.51 billion	$326.31 million	-705.47

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Silvaco Group	-84.35%	-43.77%	-25.12%
Silvaco Group Competitors	-71.61%	-38.00%	-6.78%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

56.9% of shares of all “Prepackaged software” companies are held by institutional investors. 19.1% of shares of all “Prepackaged software” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Silvaco Group and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Silvaco Group	0	0	6	0	3.00
Silvaco Group Competitors	2500	17056	33042	964	2.61

Silvaco Group presently has a consensus target price of $19.17, suggesting a potential upside of 269.30%. As a group, “Prepackaged software” companies have a potential upside of 23.46%. Given Silvaco Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Silvaco Group is more favorable than its rivals.

Summary

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

Silvaco Group Company Profile

Silvaco Group Inc. is a provider of TCAD, EDA software and SIP solutions which enable semiconductor design and AI through software and innovation. The company’s solutions are used for process and device development across display, power devices, automotive, memory, high performance compute, photonics, internet of things and 5G/6G mobile markets for complex SoC design. Silvaco Group Inc. is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.