Oklo (OKLO) & Its Rivals Critical Comparison

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Oklo and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Oklo	0	2	3	0	2.60
Oklo Competitors	1164	4943	4754	101	2.35

Oklo currently has a consensus price target of $44.25, indicating a potential upside of 96.27%. As a group, “Electric services” companies have a potential upside of 14.42%. Given Oklo’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Oklo is more favorable than its competitors.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Oklo and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Oklo	N/A	$11.87 million	-2.23
Oklo Competitors	$1,278.11 billion	$598.83 million	15.60

Oklo’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Oklo. Oklo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Institutional & 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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Oklo has a beta of -0.28, suggesting that its share price is 128% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oklo’s competitors 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 competitors’ 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 competitors beat Oklo on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About Oklo

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.