Evolv Technologies (NASDAQ:EVLV – Get Free Report) and C3.ai (NYSE:AI – Get Free Report) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
Profitability
This table compares Evolv Technologies and C3.ai’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Evolv Technologies | -22.75% | -33.53% | -12.22% |
| C3.ai | -187.95% | -62.44% | -50.47% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Evolv Technologies and C3.ai, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Evolv Technologies | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.40 |
| C3.ai | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1.79 |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Evolv Technologies and C3.ai”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Evolv Technologies | $160.23 million | 6.11 | -$33.14 million | ($0.23) | -23.67 |
| C3.ai | $250.27 million | 5.16 | -$470.37 million | ($3.34) | -2.66 |
Evolv Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than C3.ai. Evolv Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than C3.ai, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk and Volatility
Evolv Technologies has a beta of 1.76, suggesting that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, C3.ai has a beta of 2.04, suggesting that its share price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
66.7% of Evolv Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.0% of C3.ai shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.2% of Evolv Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.5% of C3.ai shares are owned 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
Evolv Technologies beats C3.ai on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Evolv Technologies
Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc. provides artificial intelligence (AI)-based weapons detection for security screening in the United States and internationally. Its products include Evolv Express, a touchless security screening system designed to detect firearms, improvised explosive devices, and tactical knives; and Evolv Insights that provides self-serve access, insights regarding visitor flow and arrival curves, location specific performance, system detection performance, and alarm statistics. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.
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.
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