Ondas (NASDAQ:ONDS – Get Free Report) and VirTra (NASDAQ:VTSI – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends and institutional ownership.
Risk & Volatility
Ondas has a beta of 2.92, suggesting that its stock price is 192% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VirTra has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Ondas and VirTra”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Ondas | $50.73 million | 72.54 | -$132.02 million | ($0.07) | -90.29 |
| VirTra | $22.40 million | 1.32 | $260,000.00 | ($0.26) | -10.04 |
VirTra has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ondas. Ondas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VirTra, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings for Ondas and VirTra, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Ondas | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2.75 |
| VirTra | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
Ondas currently has a consensus price target of $16.89, suggesting a potential upside of 167.19%. VirTra has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 91.57%. Given Ondas’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Ondas is more favorable than VirTra.
Profitability
This table compares Ondas and VirTra’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Ondas | 93.55% | -14.20% | -7.15% |
| VirTra | -17.04% | -6.59% | -4.57% |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
37.7% of Ondas shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.7% of VirTra shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Ondas shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of VirTra shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Ondas beats VirTra on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Ondas
Ondas Holdings Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides private wireless, drone, and automated data solutions. It operates in two segments, Ondas Networks and Ondas Autonomous Systems. The company designs, develops, manufactures, sells, and supports FullMAX, a software defined radio (SDR) platform for wide-area broadband networks. Its FullMAX SDR platform enables secure and reliable industrial-grade connectivity for truly mission-critical applications. The company also offers Optimus, an AI-powered drone with imaging payloads; the Airbase, a ruggedized weatherproof base station for housing, data processing, and cloud transfer; Insightful, a secure web portal and API, which enables remote interaction with the system, data, and resulting analytics anywhere in the world; and the Raider, a counter-drone system for security and the protection of critical infrastructure, assets, and people from the threat of hostile drones. It serves users in rail, energy, mining, agriculture, public safety, critical infrastructure, and government markets in the United States and internationally. The company is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.
About VirTra
VirTra, Inc. provides use of force training and firearms training simulators for the law enforcement, military, and commercial markets worldwide. Its patented technologies, software, and scenarios provide intense training for de-escalation, judgmental use-of-force, marksmanship, and related training that mimics real-world situations. It offers V-300 simulator, a 300 degree wrap-around screen for simulation training; V-180 simulator, a 180 degree screen for smaller spaces or budgets; V-100, a single-screen based simulator system; V-100 MIL, a single-screen based simulator system; and V-ST PRO, a realistic single screen firearms shooting and skills training simulator. The company also provides Virtual Interactive Coursework Training Academy (V-VICTA), which enables law enforcement agencies to teach, train, test, and sustain departmental training requirements; and Subscription Training Equipment Partnership, a program that allows agencies to utilize its simulator products, accessories, and V-VICTA interactive coursework on a subscription basis. In addition, it offers V-Author software that allows users to create, edit, and train with content specific to agency’s objectives and environments; Simulated Recoil Kits, a range of realistic and reliable simulated recoil kits/weapons; Threat-Fire, a device that applies real-world stress on the trainees during simulation training; and TASER, an OC spray and low-light training devices that interact with its simulators for training. The company sells its simulators and related products through a direct sales force and distribution partners. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Chandler, Arizona.
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