Head-To-Head Survey: Nutanix (NASDAQ:NTNX) & Serve Robotics (NASDAQ:SERV)

Nutanix (NASDAQ:NTNX) and Serve Robotics (NASDAQ:SERV) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings and profitability.

Volatility & Risk

Nutanix has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Serve Robotics has a beta of 0.13, indicating that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

85.3% of Nutanix shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.8% of Nutanix shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Serve Robotics shares are owned by 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Nutanix and Serve Robotics, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nutanix	0	2	12	1	2.93
Serve Robotics	0	0	3	3	3.50

Nutanix presently has a consensus target price of $90.71, indicating a potential upside of 25.30%. Serve Robotics has a consensus target price of $18.67, indicating a potential upside of 85.92%. Given Serve Robotics’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Serve Robotics is more favorable than Nutanix.

Profitability

This table compares Nutanix and Serve Robotics’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nutanix	0.97%	-21.32%	6.00%
Serve Robotics	-3,318.21%	-40.68%	-38.51%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Nutanix and Serve Robotics”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nutanix	$2.15 billion	9.03	-$124.78 million	N/A	N/A
Serve Robotics	$1.81 million	316.23	-$39.19 million	($1.06)	-9.47

Serve Robotics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Nutanix.

Summary

Nutanix beats Serve Robotics on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Nutanix

Nutanix, Inc. engages in the provision of a cloud platform leveraging web-scale engineering and consumer-grade design. It operates through the following geographic segments: United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, and Other Americas. The firm also provides software solutions and cloud services to customers’ enterprise infrastructure. The company was founded by Dheeraj Pandey, Ajeet Singh, and Mohit Aron in 2009 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

About Serve Robotics

Serve Robotics Inc. designs, develops, and operates low-emission robots that serve people in public spaces with food delivery in the United States. It builds self-driving delivery robots. The company was formerly known as Patricia Acquisition Corp. and changed its name to Serve Robotics Inc. in July 2023. Serve Robotics Inc. was founded in 2017 and is based in Redwood City, California.