SKYX Platforms (NASDAQ:SKYX – Get Free Report) and Adeia (NASDAQ:ADEA – Get Free Report) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and dividends.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares SKYX Platforms and Adeia”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| SKYX Platforms | $92.01 million | 1.62 | -$33.42 million | ($0.29) | -3.83 |
| Adeia | $460.49 million | 6.77 | $111.07 million | $1.08 | 26.16 |
Profitability
This table compares SKYX Platforms and Adeia’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| SKYX Platforms | -35.79% | N/A | -52.05% |
| Adeia | 26.50% | 39.49% | 16.61% |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
11.8% of SKYX Platforms shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Adeia shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.2% of SKYX Platforms shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Adeia shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent recommendations for SKYX Platforms and Adeia, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| SKYX Platforms | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2.67 |
| Adeia | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3.17 |
SKYX Platforms presently has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 350.45%. Adeia has a consensus price target of $33.60, indicating a potential upside of 18.94%. Given SKYX Platforms’ higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe SKYX Platforms is more favorable than Adeia.
Risk and Volatility
SKYX Platforms has a beta of -3565.99, indicating that its stock price is 356,699% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adeia has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Adeia beats SKYX Platforms on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About SKYX Platforms
SKYX Platforms Corp. provides a series of safe-smart platform technologies. The company’s first and second-generation technologies enable light fixtures, ceiling fans, and other electrically wired products to be installed and plugged into a ceiling’s electrical outlet box. It also provides universal power-plugs and receptacle products. In addition, it offers smart products, such as SkyHome App; sky smart universal power-plug and receptacle; sky-smart plug and play ceiling fans and lightings; and all-in-one smart sky platform. The company was formerly known as SQL Technologies Corp. and changed its name to SKYX Platforms Corp. in June 2022. SKYX Platforms Corp. was incorporated in 2004 and is based in Pompano Beach, Florida.
About Adeia
Adeia Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a media and semiconductor intellectual property licensing company in the United States, Canada, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and internationally. The company licenses its patent portfolios across various markets, including multichannel video programming distributors comprising cable, satellite, and telecommunications television providers that aggregate and distribute linear content over networks, as well as television providers that aggregate and stream linear content over broadband networks; over-the-top video service providers and social media companies, such as subscription video-on-demand and advertising-supported streaming service providers, as well as content providers, networks, and media companies. It also licenses consumer electronics manufacturers, which includes producers of smart televisions, streaming media devices, video game consoles, mobile devices, content storage devices, and other connected media devices; semiconductors, including providers of sensors, radio frequency components, memory, and logic devices; and social media companies that allow users to stream and upload user-generated content. The company licenses its innovations under the Adeia brand name. Adeia Inc. was formerly known as Xperi Corporation and changed its name to Adeia Inc. in December 2019. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
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