Head-To-Head Survey: C3.ai (NYSE:AI) and Hitek Global (NASDAQ:HKIT)

Hitek Global (NASDAQ:HKIT) and C3.ai (NYSE:AI) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and dividends.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Hitek Global and C3.ai”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hitek Global	$3.45 million	5.49	$1.05 million	N/A	N/A
C3.ai	$310.58 million	13.61	-$279.70 million	($2.21)	-14.82

Hitek Global has higher earnings, but lower revenue than C3.ai.

Volatility & Risk

Hitek Global has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, C3.ai has a beta of 1.98, suggesting that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

1.2% of Hitek Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.0% of C3.ai shares are held by institutional investors. 33.5% of C3.ai shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Hitek Global and C3.ai’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hitek Global	N/A	N/A	N/A
C3.ai	-79.17%	-31.31%	-26.09%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Hitek Global and C3.ai, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hitek Global	0	0	0	0	0.00
C3.ai	4	5	4	1	2.14

C3.ai has a consensus target price of $35.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.85%. Given C3.ai’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe C3.ai is more favorable than Hitek Global.

Summary

C3.ai beats Hitek Global on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Hitek Global

Hitek Global Inc. provides information technology (IT) consulting and solutions to small and medium businesses in various industry sectors in China. It offers anti-counterfeiting tax control system (ACTCS) tax devices, including golden tax disk and printers, ACTCS services, and IT services; and sells software and hardware to large businesses, such as laptops, printers, desktop computers, and related accessories, as well as Internet servers, cameras, and monitors. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Xiamen, China.

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.