Head-To-Head Survey: Endava (NYSE:DAVA) versus CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV)

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) and Endava (NYSE:DAVA) are both technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Volatility and Risk

CoreWeave has a beta of 7.45, indicating that its stock price is 645% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Endava has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for CoreWeave and Endava, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CoreWeave	3	10	21	0	2.53
Endava	2	5	1	0	1.88

CoreWeave currently has a consensus price target of $142.31, indicating a potential upside of 74.91%. Endava has a consensus price target of $5.50, indicating a potential upside of 96.08%. Given Endava’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Endava is more favorable than CoreWeave.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares CoreWeave and Endava”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CoreWeave	$5.13 billion	7.28	-$1.17 billion	($3.65)	-22.29
Endava	$727.60 million	0.22	$27.45 million	($10.51)	-0.27

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

62.2% of Endava shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.2% of CoreWeave shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.8% of Endava shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares CoreWeave and Endava’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CoreWeave	-25.41%	-47.95%	-3.79%
Endava	-57.01%	2.48%	1.40%

Summary

CoreWeave beats Endava on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CoreWeave

CoreWeave, Inc. engages in the powers of the creation and delivery of the intelligence that drives innovation. It offers a solution used by organizations of all sizes that require sophisticated AI computing, from the largest of enterprises to small, well-funded start-ups. The company was founded by Michael Intrator, Brian Venturo, and Brannin McBee on September 21, 2017 and is headquartered in Livingston, NJ.

About Endava

Endava plc provides technology services for clients in the consumer products, healthcare, mobility, and retail verticals in North America, Europe, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It offers ideation and production services in the payments and financial services, telecommunications, media, and technology verticals; and business analysis, data analytics, program management, digital product strategy, private equity value enhancement, IT strategy, architecture, extended reality, machine learning and artificial intelligence, product design, and user experience and visual design services. The company also provides automated testing, cloud native software engineering, continuous delivery, distributed agile delivery, intelligent automation, secure development, agile applications management, cloud infrastructure, DevSecOps, service delivery, smart desk, telemetry and monitoring, organizational optimization, and transaction advisory services. Endava plc was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.