Pony AI (NASDAQ:PONY – Get Free Report) and Aurora Innovation (NASDAQ:AUR – Get Free Report) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, profitability and dividends.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Pony AI and Aurora Innovation”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Pony AI | $75.03 million | 83.48 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Aurora Innovation | $68.00 million | 159.97 | -$748.00 million | ($0.48) | -13.02 |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current recommendations for Pony AI and Aurora Innovation, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Pony AI | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Aurora Innovation | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2.56 |
Pony AI currently has a consensus price target of $19.20, indicating a potential upside of 7.38%. Aurora Innovation has a consensus price target of $10.75, indicating a potential upside of 72.00%. Given Aurora Innovation’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Aurora Innovation is more favorable than Pony AI.
Profitability
This table compares Pony AI and Aurora Innovation’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Pony AI | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Aurora Innovation | N/A | -40.06% | -35.59% |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
44.7% of Aurora Innovation shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.9% of Aurora Innovation shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Aurora Innovation beats Pony AI on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Pony AI
Pony AI Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the autonomous mobility principally in the People’s Republic of China and the United States. The company provides robotruck services, such as transportation services to the logistics platforms. Pony AI Inc. is based in Guangzhou, the People’s Republic of China.
About Aurora Innovation
Aurora Innovation, Inc. operates as a self-driving technology company in the United States. It focuses on developing Aurora Driver, a platform that brings a suite of self-driving hardware, software, and data services together to adapt and interoperate vehicles. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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