PAR Technology (NYSE:PAR – Get Free Report) and Airship AI (NASDAQ:AISP – Get Free Report) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
5.9% of Airship AI shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of PAR Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 46.8% of Airship AI shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares PAR Technology and Airship AI’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| PAR Technology | -14.52% | -1.62% | -0.97% |
| Airship AI | 144.60% | -19.13% | 18.72% |
Analyst Ratings
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| PAR Technology | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2.50 |
| Airship AI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
PAR Technology currently has a consensus price target of $24.61, suggesting a potential upside of 24.68%. Airship AI has a consensus price target of $6.50, suggesting a potential upside of 217.07%. Given Airship AI’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Airship AI is more favorable than PAR Technology.
Volatility & Risk
PAR Technology has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Airship AI has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares PAR Technology and Airship AI”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| PAR Technology | $496.67 million | 1.64 | -$84.46 million | ($1.76) | -11.22 |
| Airship AI | $15.32 million | 4.61 | $29.32 million | $0.67 | 3.06 |
Airship AI has lower revenue, but higher earnings than PAR Technology. PAR Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Airship AI, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Airship AI beats PAR Technology on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About PAR Technology
PAR Technology Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides omnichannel cloud-based hardware and software solutions to the restaurant and retail industries worldwide. The Restaurant/Retail segment offers PUNCHH, an enterprise-grade customer loyalty and engagement solution; MENU, an eCommerce platform for restaurant brands; BRINK POS, an open cloud, point-of-sale solution; PAR PAYMENT SERVICES, a merchant services business that enables electronic payment and processing services for businesses; and DATA CENTRAL, a back-office solution that leverages business intelligence and automation technologies. This segment also offers Point-of-Sale Hardware; wireless headsets for drive-thru order-taking; and kitchen display systems, payment devices, cash drawers, printers, and other peripherals. In addition, this segment provides services, such as hardware repair, installation and implementation, training, and on-site and technical support services. The Government segment provides intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance solutions; mission systems operations and maintenance, and commercial software products; systems engineering support and software-based solutions; satellite and teleport facility operation and maintenance, engineering, and installation services comprising inside and outside plant services, and maintenance of infrastructure and information systems; satellite ground system support comprising operations and maintenance, sustainment, upgrades, communications security management, anomaly response/resolution, process improvement, emergency response, and disaster recovery services; and information technology infrastructure library services to the United States Department of Defense, intelligence community (IC), and other federal agencies. This segment also offers various IC support services, systems integration, situational awareness solutions, and mission readiness support services. The company was founded in 1968 and is based in New Hartford, New York.
About Airship AI
Airship AI Holdings, Inc. offers AI-driven video, sensor, and data management surveillance platform in the United States. The company provides Airship Acropolis OS, an IP and analog video surveillance; Airship Command, a suite of visualization tools that allows users to view data and evidence ingested from the edge; and Airship Outpost for high-definition recording with user defined low-bit rate video stream encoding. It serves government, public sector, law enforcement, military, and commercial enterprise organizations. The company was formerly known as Super Simple AI, Inc. and changed its name to Airship AI Holdings, Inc. in March 2023. Airship AI Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington.
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