VNET Group (NASDAQ:VNET – Get Free Report) and AEye (NASDAQ:LIDR – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
72.8% of VNET Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.6% of AEye shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.1% of VNET Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of AEye shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares VNET Group and AEye’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| VNET Group | -22.01% | -31.59% | -4.42% |
| AEye | -12,698.89% | -49.42% | -42.66% |
Earnings and Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| VNET Group | $1.42 billion | 1.69 | -$36.01 million | ($1.37) | -6.47 |
| AEye | $230,000.00 | 322.16 | -$33.96 million | ($1.13) | -1.42 |
AEye has lower revenue, but higher earnings than VNET Group. VNET Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AEye, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk & Volatility
VNET Group has a beta of 0.25, meaning that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AEye has a beta of 2.75, meaning that its share price is 175% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for VNET Group and AEye, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| VNET Group | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.40 |
| AEye | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.33 |
VNET Group currently has a consensus price target of $19.03, suggesting a potential upside of 114.54%. AEye has a consensus price target of $4.75, suggesting a potential upside of 196.88%. Given AEye’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AEye is more favorable than VNET Group.
Summary
VNET Group beats AEye on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About VNET Group
VNET Group, Inc., an investment holding company, provides hosting and related services in China. It offers managed hosting services consisting of managed retail services, such as colocation services that dedicate data center space to house customers' servers and networking equipment, as well as allow customers to lease partial or entire cabinets for their servers; interconnectivity services that allow customers to connect their servers; value-added services, including hybrid IT, bare metal, firewall, server load balancing, data backup and recovery, data center management, server management, and backup server services; cloud services that allow customers to run applications over the internet using IT infrastructure; and VPN Services that extend customers' private networks by setting up connections through the public internet. The company also provides server administration services, such as operating system support and assistance with updates, server monitoring, server backup and restoration, server security evaluation, firewall services, and disaster recovery services. It serves information technology and cloud services, communications and social networking, gaming and entertainment, e-commerce, automobile, financial services, and blue-chip and small-to-mid-sized enterprises; government agencies; individuals; and telecommunication carriers. The company was formerly known as 21Vianet Group, Inc. and changed its name to VNET Group, Inc. in October 2021. VNET Group, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.
About AEye
AEye, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides lidar systems for vehicle autonomy, advanced driver-assistance systems, and robotic vision applications in the United States, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. It offers 4Sight intelligent sensing lidar platform, including 4Sight at Design, Triggered 4Sight, Responsive 4Sight, and Predictive 4Sight; and 4Sight for automotive and industrial market. The company was formerly known as CF Finance Acquisition Corp. III and changed its name to AEye, Inc. in August 2021. AEye, Inc. was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Dublin, California.
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