Head-To-Head Contrast: C3.ai (NYSE:AI) & 3 E Network Technology Group (NASDAQ:MASK)

C3.ai (NYSE:AI) and 3 E Network Technology Group (NASDAQ:MASK) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares C3.ai and 3 E Network Technology Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
C3.ai	-74.21%	-33.51%	-27.48%
3 E Network Technology Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional & Insider Ownership

39.0% of C3.ai shares are held by institutional investors. 26.5% of C3.ai shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares C3.ai and 3 E Network Technology Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
C3.ai	$389.06 million	5.98	-$288.70 million	($2.24)	-7.73
3 E Network Technology Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

3 E Network Technology Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than C3.ai.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for C3.ai and 3 E Network Technology Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
C3.ai	5	8	2	1	1.94
3 E Network Technology Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

C3.ai currently has a consensus target price of $27.43, indicating a potential upside of 58.31%. Given C3.ai’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe C3.ai is more favorable than 3 E Network Technology Group.

Summary

C3.ai beats 3 E Network Technology Group on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About C3.ai

C3.ai, Inc. operates as an enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) software company in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company provides C3 AI platform, an application development and runtime environment that enables customers to design, develop, and deploy enterprise AI applications; C3 AI Ex Machina for analysis-ready data; C3 AI CRM, an industry specific customer relationship management solution; and C3 Generative AI Product Suite that enables to locate, retrieve, and present information. It also offers C3 AI applications, including C3 AI Inventory Optimization, a solution to optimize raw material, in-process, and finished goods inventory levels; C3 AI Supply Network Risk, which identifies emerging inbound and outbound risks across the network; C3 AI Sustainability Suite, which helps to decrease greenhouse gas emission; C3 AI Production Schedule Optimization, a solution for scheduling production; C3 AI Financial Services Suite, which helps to minimize compliance risks; and C3 AI Energy Management solution. In addition, it offers integrated turnkey enterprise AI applications for oil and gas, chemicals, utilities, manufacturing, financial services, defense, intelligence, aerospace, healthcare, and telecommunications market. It has strategic partnerships with Baker Hughes in the areas of oil and gas market; Booz Allen to provide solutions to government, defense, and intelligence sectors; Raytheon; and AWS, Google, and Microsoft. The company was formerly known as C3 IoT, Inc. and changed its name to C3.ai, Inc. in June 2019. C3.ai, Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California.

About 3 E Network Technology Group

3 E Network Technology Group Ltd. operates as a holding company, which engages in the provision of business-to-business information technology business solutions. It offers business solutions to a variety of industries and sectors, including food establishments, real estate, exhibition and conferencing, and clean energy utilities. The company was founded on October 6, 2021 and is headquartered in Guangzhou, China.