BigBear.ai (NYSE:BBAI – Get Free Report) and Allbirds (NASDAQ:BIRD – Get Free Report) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
7.5% of BigBear.ai shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.1% of Allbirds shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of BigBear.ai shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.8% of Allbirds shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Volatility & Risk
BigBear.ai has a beta of 3.35, indicating that its share price is 235% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allbirds has a beta of 2.59, indicating that its share price is 159% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| BigBear.ai | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Allbirds | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
BigBear.ai presently has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 54.80%. Given BigBear.ai’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe BigBear.ai is more favorable than Allbirds.
Profitability
This table compares BigBear.ai and Allbirds’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| BigBear.ai | -65.20% | -13.44% | -10.63% |
| Allbirds | -53.36% | -173.54% | -67.54% |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares BigBear.ai and Allbirds”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| BigBear.ai | $127.67 million | 12.13 | -$293.91 million | ($0.21) | -15.38 |
| Allbirds | $152.47 million | 0.14 | -$77.28 million | ($9.12) | -0.27 |
Allbirds has higher revenue and earnings than BigBear.ai. BigBear.ai is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Allbirds, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
BigBear.ai beats Allbirds on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About BigBear.ai
BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc. provides artificial intelligence-powered decision intelligence solutions. It offers national security, supply chain management, and digital identity and biometrics solutions. The company also provides data ingestion, data enrichment, data processing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, predictive analytics, and predictive visualization solutions and services. It serves nation defense and intelligence agencies, border protection, transportation security, manufacturing, distribution and logistics, travel, entertainment, and tourism sectors. The company is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland.
About Allbirds
Allbirds, Inc. manufactures and sells footwear and apparel products for men and women in the United States and internationally. The company offers a range of lifestyle and performance shoes; and apparel, including classic tees and sweats, socks, and underwear. It sells its products through its retail stores, as well as online. The company was formerly known as Bozz, Inc. and changed its name to Allbirds, Inc. in December 2015. Allbirds, Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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