SES AI (SES) Competitors

Microvast (NASDAQ:MVST) and SES AI (NYSE:SES) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and institutional ownership.

Which has more volatility & risk, MVST or SES?

Microvast has a beta of 3.02, suggesting that its share price is 202% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SES AI has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MVST or SES?

20.7% of Microvast shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.8% of SES AI shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.8% of Microvast shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.1% of SES AI shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to MVST or SES?

In the previous week, SES AI had 4 more articles in the media than Microvast. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for SES AI and 7 mentions for Microvast. Microvast's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat SES AI's score of 0.48 indicating that Microvast is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Microvast	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
SES AI	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MVST or SES?

Microvast received 12 more outperform votes than SES AI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 48.15% of users gave Microvast an outperform vote while only 8.33% of users gave SES AI an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Microvast	Outperform Votes 13 48.15%	Underperform Votes 14 51.85%
SES AI	Outperform Votes 1 8.33%	Underperform Votes 11 91.67%

Is MVST or SES more profitable?

SES AI has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Microvast's net margin of -30.88%. Microvast's return on equity of -22.10% beat SES AI's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Microvast	-30.88%	-22.10%	-11.19%
SES AI	N/A	-22.91%	-20.42%

Do analysts recommend MVST or SES?

Microvast currently has a consensus price target of $3.00, indicating a potential downside of 28.40%. SES AI has a consensus price target of $1.50, indicating a potential upside of 45.63%. Given SES AI's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SES AI is more favorable than Microvast.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Microvast	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
SES AI	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has better earnings and valuation, MVST or SES?

SES AI has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Microvast. Microvast is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SES AI, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Microvast	$414.94M	3.29	-$106.34M	-$0.43	-9.74
SES AI	$7.83M	48.24	-$53.40M	-$0.30	-3.43

Summary

Microvast beats SES AI on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.