BigBear.ai (NYSE:BBAI – Get Free Report) and Evolv Technologies (NASDAQ:EVLV – Get Free Report) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends and valuation.
Volatility and Risk
BigBear.ai has a beta of 3.47, meaning that its share price is 247% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Evolv Technologies has a beta of 1.78, meaning that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
7.6% of BigBear.ai shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.7% of Evolv Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of BigBear.ai shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of Evolv Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Earnings and Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| BigBear.ai | $127.67 million | 13.86 | -$293.91 million | ($1.00) | -3.70 |
| Evolv Technologies | $145.90 million | 8.16 | -$33.14 million | ($0.21) | -31.60 |
Evolv Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than BigBear.ai. Evolv Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BigBear.ai, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings for BigBear.ai and Evolv Technologies, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| BigBear.ai | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Evolv Technologies | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2.67 |
BigBear.ai presently has a consensus target price of $5.50, indicating a potential upside of 48.85%. Evolv Technologies has a consensus target price of $9.13, indicating a potential upside of 37.53%. Given BigBear.ai’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe BigBear.ai is more favorable than Evolv Technologies.
Profitability
This table compares BigBear.ai and Evolv Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| BigBear.ai | -230.21% | -18.22% | -10.93% |
| Evolv Technologies | -22.71% | -30.45% | -11.58% |
Summary
Evolv Technologies beats BigBear.ai on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About BigBear.ai
BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc. provides artificial intelligence-powered decision intelligence solutions. It offers national security, supply chain management, and digital identity and biometrics solutions. The company also provides data ingestion, data enrichment, data processing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, predictive analytics, and predictive visualization solutions and services. It serves nation defense and intelligence agencies, border protection, transportation security, manufacturing, distribution and logistics, travel, entertainment, and tourism sectors. The company is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland.
About Evolv Technologies
Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc. provides artificial intelligence (AI)-based weapons detection for security screening in the United States and internationally. Its products include Evolv Express, a touchless security screening system designed to detect firearms, improvised explosive devices, and tactical knives; and Evolv Insights that provides self-serve access, insights regarding visitor flow and arrival curves, location specific performance, system detection performance, and alarm statistics. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.
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