Contrasting Blaize (NASDAQ:BZAI) & Fujifilm (OTCMKTS:FUJIY)

Fujifilm (OTCMKTS:FUJIY) and Blaize (NASDAQ:BZAI) are both technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.0% of Fujifilm shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.1% of Blaize shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.4% of Blaize 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.

Risk & Volatility

Fujifilm has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blaize has a beta of 0.08, meaning that its share price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Fujifilm and Blaize’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fujifilm	8.22%	7.56%	4.79%
Blaize	-202.65%	-551.04%	-116.72%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Fujifilm and Blaize, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fujifilm	0	1	0	0	2.00
Blaize	1	1	4	0	2.50

Blaize has a consensus target price of $4.62, indicating a potential upside of 485.22%. Given Blaize’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Blaize is more favorable than Fujifilm.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Fujifilm and Blaize”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fujifilm	$22.30 billion	1.31	$1.83 billion	$1.32	8.89
Blaize	$38.63 million	2.91	-$206.90 million	($0.75)	-1.05

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

Summary

Fujifilm beats Blaize on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Fujifilm

FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation develops, manufactures, sells, and services imaging, healthcare, materials, and business innovation solutions worldwide. The company's Healthcare segment provides products and services, such as medical devices, biomedical contract development and manufacturing organization, pharmaceutical, regenerative medicine, and cosmetics and supplements in the areas of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Its Materials segment offers inkjet digital presses and printing plates for printing industries, as well as industrial inkjet-related products and inkjet heads; storage media and archiving services to save and manage digital data volumes; and materials for industrials, including display and touch panel, semiconductor and image sensor, and functional film materials. The company's Business Innovation segment provides devices and services used in offices, including multi-function devices and printers; and provides problem-solving document services tailored to diverse business formats and roles, including system integration, cloud service, business process outsourcing, and others. Its Imaging segment offers color films, instant cameras, developing and printing systems, color papers, photo printing services, and others; and TV and cinema lenses, surveillance cameras, industrial lenses for production line inspection, and projectors. The company was incorporated in 1934 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

About Blaize

Blaize® has created a transformative new compute solution that unites silicon and software to optimize AI from the edge to the core. We’re partnering with customers to transform their products so they can deliver better experiences and better lives.