OSI Systems (NASDAQ:OSIS – Get Free Report) and AEye (NASDAQ:LIDR – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
89.2% of OSI Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.6% of AEye shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of OSI Systems 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.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent recommendations for OSI Systems and AEye, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| OSI Systems | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2.71 |
| AEye | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
Profitability
This table compares OSI Systems and AEye’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| OSI Systems | 8.66% | 20.33% | 7.24% |
| AEye | -7,786.44% | -42.98% | -38.52% |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares OSI Systems and AEye”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| OSI Systems | $1.79 billion | 1.78 | $154.71 million | $9.00 | 22.22 |
| AEye | $450,000.00 | 127.07 | -$33.96 million | ($0.87) | -1.41 |
OSI Systems has higher revenue and earnings than AEye. AEye is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OSI Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility and Risk
OSI Systems has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AEye has a beta of 2.83, indicating that its share price is 183% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
OSI Systems beats AEye on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About OSI Systems
OSI Systems, Inc. designs and manufactures electronic systems and components. It operates in three segments: Security, Healthcare, and Optoelectronics and Manufacturing. The Security segment offers baggage and parcel inspection, cargo and vehicle inspection, hold baggage and people screening, radiation monitoring, explosive and narcotics trace detection systems, and optical inspection systems under the Rapiscan name. It also provides site design, installation, training, and technical support services; and turnkey security screening solutions under the S2 name. The Healthcare segment offers patient monitoring, cardiology and remote monitoring, and connected care systems and accessories under the Spacelabs name for use in critical care, emergency, and perioperative areas within hospitals, physicians' offices, medical clinics, and ambulatory surgery centers. The Optoelectronics and Manufacturing segment provides optoelectronic devices under the OSI Optoelectronics, OSI LaserDiode, OSI Laserscan, and Advanced Photonix names for the aerospace and defense, avionics, medical imaging and diagnostics, biochemistry analysis, pharmaceutical, nanotechnology, telecommunications, construction, and homeland security markets. It also offers electronics manufacturing services to original equipment manufacturers and end users for medical, automotive, defense, aerospace, industrial, and consumer applications under the OSI Electronics, APlus Products, Altaflex, and PFC Flexible Circuits names; LCD displays for medical, industrial, and consumer electronics applications; and flex circuits for OEM customers. This segment offers laser-based remote sensing devices to detect and classify vehicles in toll and traffic management systems under the OSI Laserscan and Autosense names; and solid-state laser products for aerospace, defense, telecommunication, and medical applications under the OSI LaserDiode name. The company was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Hawthorne, California.
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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