Comparing Katapult (NASDAQ:KPLT) and Airship AI (NASDAQ:AISP)

Katapult (NASDAQ:KPLT) and Airship AI (NASDAQ:AISP) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Katapult and Airship AI”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Katapult	$291.76 million	0.10	$1.37 million	$1.15	5.28
Airship AI	$15.32 million	5.60	$29.32 million	($0.01)	-249.00

Airship AI has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Katapult. Airship AI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Katapult, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Katapult and Airship AI’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Katapult	2.48%	-16.24%	7.63%
Airship AI	30.26%	N/A	-136.39%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Katapult and Airship AI, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Katapult	1	1	0	0	1.50
Airship AI	2	0	0	0	1.00

Katapult currently has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 64.74%. Airship AI has a consensus target price of $6.50, suggesting a potential upside of 161.04%. Given Airship AI’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Airship AI is more favorable than Katapult.

Risk and Volatility

Katapult has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Airship AI has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

26.8% of Katapult shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.9% of Airship AI shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of Katapult shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 46.8% of Airship AI shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Katapult beats Airship AI on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Katapult

Katapult Holdings, Inc., an e-commerce focused financial technology company, provides e-commerce point-of-sale lease-purchase options for nonprime consumers in the United States. The company's technology platform provides nonprime consumers with a lease purchase option to enable them to obtain durable goods from its network of e-commerce retailers. It also offers Katapult Pay, a one-time use virtual card technology that makes lease purchasing and transactions. The company was formerly known as Cognical Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Katapult Holdings, Inc. in February 2020. The company is headquartered in Plano, Texas.

About Airship AI

Airship AI Holdings, Inc. offers AI-driven video, sensor, and data management surveillance platform in the United States. The company provides Airship Acropolis OS, an IP and analog video surveillance; Airship Command, a suite of visualization tools that allows users to view data and evidence ingested from the edge; and Airship Outpost for high-definition recording with user defined low-bit rate video stream encoding. It serves government, public sector, law enforcement, military, and commercial enterprise organizations. The company was formerly known as Super Simple AI, Inc. and changed its name to Airship AI Holdings, Inc. in March 2023. Airship AI Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington.