Contrasting AirSculpt Technologies (NASDAQ:AIRS) & Peraso (NASDAQ:PRSO)

AirSculpt Technologies (NASDAQ:AIRS) and Peraso (NASDAQ:PRSO) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for AirSculpt Technologies and Peraso, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AirSculpt Technologies	1	1	0	0	1.50
Peraso	1	0	1	2	3.00

AirSculpt Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $4.50, suggesting a potential downside of 6.25%. Peraso has a consensus target price of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 207.22%. Given Peraso’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Peraso is more favorable than AirSculpt Technologies.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

91.5% of AirSculpt Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.6% of Peraso shares are owned by institutional investors. 44.6% of AirSculpt Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Peraso shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares AirSculpt Technologies and Peraso”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AirSculpt Technologies	$151.82 million	2.23	-$11.67 million	($0.17)	-28.24
Peraso	$12.19 million	1.01	-$4.75 million	($0.83)	-1.18

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

Profitability

This table compares AirSculpt Technologies and Peraso’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AirSculpt Technologies	-7.39%	-4.98%	-2.36%
Peraso	-73.00%	-180.82%	-113.71%

Risk and Volatility

AirSculpt Technologies has a beta of 1.99, meaning that its stock price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Peraso has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

AirSculpt Technologies beats Peraso on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About AirSculpt Technologies

AirSculpt Technologies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, focuses on operating as a holding company for EBS Intermediate Parent LLC that provides body contouring procedure services in the United States. The company offers AirSculpt, a next-generation body contouring procedure that removes unwanted fat and tightens skin in a minimally invasive procedure. It also provides AirSculpt+, a procedure that permanently removes fat and tightens the skin with unparalleled precision and finesse; and AirSculpt Smooth, an advanced cellulite removal tool. In addition, it provides fat removal procedures across treatment areas, such as the stomach, back, and buttocks; and fat transfer procedures that use the patient’s own fat cells to enhance the breasts, buttocks, hips, or other areas. The company’s body contouring procedures also include the Power BBL, a Brazilian butt lift procedure; the Up a Cup, a breast enhancement procedure; and the Hip Flip, an hourglass contouring procedure. It operates various centers. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Miami Beach, Florida.

About Peraso

Peraso Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, develops, markets, and sells semiconductor devices and modules. The company's products include millimeter wavelength (mmWave) ICs, including baseband IC, various mmWave radio frequency, integrated circuits, as well as associated antenna technology; and mmWave antenna modules. It also provides accelerator engine products, comprising bandwidth engine for high-performance applications where throughput is critical; and quad partition rate, which allows for parallel accesses to multiple partitions of the memory simultaneously. Its mmWave products are used for various applications, such as multi-gigabit point-to-point (PtMP) wireless links; and fixed wireless access in the 5G operating bands, as well as consumer applications, such as wireless video streaming, and untethered augmented reality and virtual reality. The company also licenses intellectual property, as well as offers non-recurring engineering services. It markets its products through direct sales personnel, as well as sells representatives and distributors. The company was formerly knowns as MoSys, Inc. and changed its name to Peraso Inc. in December 2021. Peraso Inc. was incorporated in 1991 and is based in San Jose, California.