Financial Survey: Slam (SLAM) versus Its Rivals

Slam (NASDAQ:SLAM) is one of 33 public companies in the “Communication services, not elsewhere classified” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Slam to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends and risk.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

87.3% of Slam shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.5% of shares of all “Communication services, not elsewhere classified” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Slam shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 27.9% of shares of all “Communication services, not elsewhere classified” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Slam and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Slam	0	0	0	0	N/A
Slam Competitors	124	278	451	17	2.41

As a group, “Communication services, not elsewhere classified” companies have a potential upside of 34.00%. Given Slam’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Slam has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Slam and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Slam	N/A	-11.70%	2.36%
Slam Competitors	-488.40%	-75.93%	-6.69%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Slam and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Slam	N/A	$4.59 million	101.18
Slam Competitors	$2.60 billion	-$289.90 million	9.82

Slam’s competitors have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Slam. Slam 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.

Risk & Volatility

Slam has a beta of 0.01, indicating that its share price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Slam’s competitors have a beta of -14.68, indicating that their average share price is 1,568% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Slam beats its competitors on 7 of the 10 factors compared.

Slam Company Profile

Slam Corp. does not have significant operations. It intends to effect a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or related business combination with one or more businesses or entities. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is based in New York, New York.