Financial Contrast: AAON (NASDAQ:AAON) versus Montana Technologies (NASDAQ:AIRJ)

Montana Technologies (NASDAQ:AIRJ) and AAON (NASDAQ:AAON) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability and risk.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Montana Technologies and AAON’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Montana Technologies	N/A	N/A	$1.24 million	N/A	N/A
AAON	$1.17 billion	6.23	$177.62 million	$2.15	41.26

AAON has higher revenue and earnings than Montana Technologies.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Montana Technologies and AAON, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Montana Technologies	0	0	0	0	N/A
AAON	0	0	2	0	3.00

AAON has a consensus target price of $102.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.16%. Given AAON’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AAON is more favorable than Montana Technologies.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

63.7% of Montana Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.8% of AAON shares are held by institutional investors. 40.4% of Montana Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.6% of AAON shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Montana Technologies and AAON’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Montana Technologies	N/A	-7.23%	-3.82%
AAON	15.44%	25.84%	19.63%

Volatility & Risk

Montana Technologies has a beta of 0.04, suggesting that its share price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AAON has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

AAON beats Montana Technologies on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Montana Technologies

Montana Technologies Corporation operates as an atmospheric renewable energy and water harvesting technology company. It provides energy and dehumidification, evaporative cooling, and atmospheric water generation through its AirJoule technology. The company is headquartered in Ronan, Montana.

About AAON

AAON, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in engineering, manufacturing, marketing, and selling air conditioning and heating equipment in the United States and Canada. The company operates through three segments: AAON Oklahoma, AAON Coil Products, and BASX. It offers rooftop units, data center cooling solutions, cleanroom systems, chillers, packaged outdoor mechanical rooms, air handling units, makeup air units, energy recovery units, condensing units, geothermal/water-source heat pumps, coils, and controls. The company markets and sells its products to retail, manufacturing, educational, lodging, supermarket, data centers, medical and pharmaceutical, and other commercial industries. It sells its products through a network of independent manufacturer representative organizations and internal sales force, as well as online. The company was incorporated in 1987 and is based in Tulsa, Oklahoma.