Veea (NASDAQ:VEEA – Get Free Report) and Ituran Location and Control (NASDAQ:ITRN – Get Free Report) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Risk & Volatility
Veea has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ituran Location and Control has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
25.9% of Veea shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Ituran Location and Control shares are held by institutional investors. 60.8% of Veea shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Ituran Location and Control shares are held 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.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Veea | N/A | N/A | -41.65% |
| Ituran Location and Control | 16.28% | 29.03% | 16.29% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings for Veea and Ituran Location and Control, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Veea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Ituran Location and Control | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.80 |
Ituran Location and Control has a consensus price target of $60.67, suggesting a potential upside of 17.82%. Given Ituran Location and Control’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ituran Location and Control is more favorable than Veea.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Veea and Ituran Location and Control”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Veea | $220,000.00 | 23.73 | -$6.66 million | ($5.20) | -0.32 |
| Ituran Location and Control | $359.02 million | 2.85 | $57.97 million | $3.24 | 15.89 |
Ituran Location and Control has higher revenue and earnings than Veea. Veea is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ituran Location and Control, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Ituran Location and Control beats Veea on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Veea
Veea Inc. provides computing, multiaccess multiprotocol communications, edge storage, and cybersecurity solutions. The company offers multiaccess edge computing (MEC) platform that redefines connectivity and computing at the edge by integrating functions of servers, network attached storage (NAS), routers, firewalls, Wi-Fi Access Points, IoT gateways, and 4G and 5G connections; and Veea Edge Platform enables direct connections from the optical fiber, cellular, and satellite networks. It also provides VeeaHub STAX, an edge computing product integrated with wireless access, including Wi-Fi 6; VeeaHub that offers connectivity options for pro indoor smart edge applications; and VeeaHub Outdoor that integrates with wireless connectivity for smart edge applications in outdoor and industrial environments. The company also offers TROLLEE, a smart shopping cart platform; the VeeaHub toolkit; and Veea AdEdge, an advertising platform. Veea Inc. was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
About Ituran Location and Control
Ituran Location and Control Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides location based telematics services and machine-to-machine telematics products. It operates through two segments, Telematics Services and Telematics Products. The Telematics services segment offers stolen vehicle recovery and tracking services, which enables to locate, track, and recover stolen vehicles for its subscribers; fleet management services that enable corporate and individual customers to track and manage their vehicles in real time; and locator services that allow customers to protect valuable merchandise and equipment. This segment also delivers on-demand navigation guidance, information, and assistance, including the provision of traffic reports and directions, as well as information on the location of gas stations, car repair shops, post offices, hospitals, and other facilities; and Connected Car, a service platform that includes a back-office application, a telematics device installed in the vehicle, mobile apps for IOS and Android users, and interface using the car infotainment screen, as well as usage based insurance and auto financing services. This segment serves insurance companies and agents, car manufacturers, dealers and importers, cooperative sales channels, and private subscribers. The Telematics Products segment offers Base Site, a radio receiver that includes a processor and a data computation unit to collect and send data to and from transponders, and to control centers; Control Center, a center consisting of software used to collect data from various base sites, conduct location calculations, and transmit location data to various customers and law enforcement agencies; navigation and tracking devices installed in vehicles; and SMART, a portable transmitter installed in vehicles that sends a signal to the base site enabling the location of vehicles, equipment, or an individual. The company was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Azor, Israel.
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