Altair Engineering (NASDAQ:ALTR) versus Banzai International (NASDAQ:BNZI) Financial Review

Altair Engineering (NASDAQ:ALTR) and Banzai International (NASDAQ:BNZI) are both construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Volatility & Risk

Altair Engineering has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banzai International has a beta of -0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 153% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Altair Engineering and Banzai International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Altair Engineering	5.10%	7.49%	4.26%
Banzai International	-544.83%	N/A	-315.92%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

63.4% of Altair Engineering shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.8% of Banzai International shares are held by institutional investors. 21.8% of Altair Engineering shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.7% of Banzai International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Altair Engineering and Banzai International, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Altair Engineering	1	7	1	0	2.00
Banzai International	0	0	1	0	3.00

Altair Engineering presently has a consensus target price of $100.71, suggesting a potential downside of 3.39%. Banzai International has a consensus target price of $125.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7,252.94%. Given Banzai International’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Banzai International is more favorable than Altair Engineering.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Altair Engineering and Banzai International”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Altair Engineering	$612.70 million	14.48	-$8.93 million	$0.38	274.35
Banzai International	$4.34 million	0.46	-$14.41 million	N/A	N/A

Altair Engineering has higher revenue and earnings than Banzai International.

Summary

Altair Engineering beats Banzai International on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Altair Engineering

Altair Engineering Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides software and cloud solutions in the areas of simulation and design, high-performance computing, data analytics, and artificial intelligence in the United States and internationally. It operates in two segments, Software and Client Engineering Services. The Software segment offers solvers and optimization technology products, high-performance computing software applications and hardware products, modeling and visualization tools, data analytics and analysis products, and Internet of Things platform and analytics tools, as well as support and the complementary software products. This segment also provides software technologies in the areas of computational fluid dynamics and fatigue, manufacturing process simulation, and cost estimation for the applications in automotive, marine, motorcycle, aerospace, chemical, and architecture industries; and software-related services, such as consulting, implementation, and training services that focuses on the product design and development expertise and analysis from the component level up to complete product engineering at various stage of the lifecycle. The Client Engineering Services segment provides client engineering services. In addition, the company is involved in the development and sale of solid state lighting technology along with communication and control protocols based on its intellectual property for the direct replacement of fluorescent tubes with LED lighting. Its integrated suite of software optimizes design performance across various disciplines, including structures, motion, fluids, thermal management, electromagnetics, system modeling, and embedded systems. The company serves universities, government agencies, manufacturers, pharmaceutical firms, banking, financial services, and insurance, weather prediction agencies, and electronics design companies. Altair Engineering Inc. was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in Troy, Michigan.

About Banzai International

Banzai International, Inc., a marketing technology company, provides data-driven marketing and sales solutions for various businesses in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. Its products include Demio, a browser-based webinar platform with data and marketing features designed to help businesses engage with their audience through live events and on-demand, interactive video content; Boost, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution for social sharing by event registrants; and Reach, a SaaS and managed service to increase registration and attendance of marketing events. The company serves healthcare, financial services, e-commerce, technology, media, and other industries. Banzai International, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Bainbridge Island, Washington.