Critical Review: Frontier Investment (FICV) & Its Competitors

Frontier Investment (NASDAQ:FICV – Get Rating) is one of 706 publicly-traded companies in the “Holding & other investment offices” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Frontier Investment to related companies based on the strength of its valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Frontier Investment and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Frontier Investment	0	0	0	0	N/A
Frontier Investment Competitors	113	586	864	15	2.49

As a group, “Holding & other investment offices” companies have a potential upside of 72.77%. Given Frontier Investment’s peers higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Frontier Investment has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Frontier Investment and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Frontier Investment	N/A	-43.31%	2.17%
Frontier Investment Competitors	-58.78%	-66.95%	-1.84%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

35.5% of Frontier Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.9% of shares of all “Holding & other investment offices” companies are owned by institutional investors. 18.3% of shares of all “Holding & other investment offices” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Frontier Investment has a beta of 0.01, suggesting that its stock price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frontier Investment’s peers have a beta of 0.03, suggesting that their average stock price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Frontier Investment and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Frontier Investment	N/A	$6.51 million	60.71
Frontier Investment Competitors	$1.44 billion	$32.16 million	-8.24

Frontier Investment’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Frontier Investment. Frontier Investment 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.

Summary

Frontier Investment peers beat Frontier Investment on 6 of the 10 factors compared.

About Frontier Investment

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Frontier Investment Corp does not have significant operations. The company focuses on effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or related business combination with one or more businesses. It intends to search in the technology, digital media, e-commerce, financial technology, and digital services sectors in the Middle East, North Africa, Turkey, Sub-Saharan Africa, and South and Southeast Asia. Frontier Investment Corp was incorporated in 2021 and is based in Wilmington, Delaware.