AEye (NASDAQ:LIDR – Get Free Report) and Microvision (NASDAQ:MVIS – Get Free Report) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for AEye and Microvision, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| AEye | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Microvision | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
AEye currently has a consensus target price of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 289.32%. Microvision has a consensus target price of $45.00, indicating a potential upside of 3,779.31%. Given Microvision’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Microvision is more favorable than AEye.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
21.6% of AEye shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.9% of Microvision shares are held by institutional investors. 11.9% of AEye shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Microvision shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Volatility & Risk
AEye has a beta of 2.7, indicating that its stock price is 170% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Microvision has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares AEye and Microvision’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| AEye | -7,786.44% | -42.98% | -38.52% |
| Microvision | -3,976.67% | -221.31% | -100.90% |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares AEye and Microvision”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| AEye | $230,000.00 | 182.42 | -$33.96 million | ($0.87) | -1.03 |
| Microvision | $1.21 million | 22.81 | -$94.98 million | ($5.41) | -0.21 |
AEye has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Microvision. AEye is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Microvision, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
AEye beats Microvision on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About Microvision
MicroVision, Inc. develops and sells lidar sensors and software used in automotive safety and autonomous driving applications. It offers a suite of light detection and ranging (lidar) sensors and perception; and validation software for automotive OEMs, advanced driver-assistance systems, and autonomous vehicle applications, as well as non-automotive applications including industrial, robotics, and smart infrastructure. The company also provides MAVIN DR, a dynamic view lidar system, which combines short, medium, and long range sense and field of view into one form; lidar sensors under the MOVIA brand name; and MOSAIK, a software that automates manual data classification or annotation process. In addition, it provides engineering services for its hardware and software products. The company markets its products to customers directly, through trade shows, and its website. MicroVision, Inc. was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington.
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