AEye (NASDAQ:LIDR – Get Free Report) and Omron (OTCMKTS:OMRNY – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
21.6% of AEye shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.1% of Omron shares are held by institutional investors. 11.9% of AEye shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Risk and Volatility
AEye has a beta of 2.7, suggesting that its share price is 170% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Omron has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares AEye and Omron’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% |
| Omron | 4.04% | 3.68% | 2.42% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for AEye and Omron, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| AEye | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Omron | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
AEye presently has a consensus price target of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 307.78%. Given AEye’s higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe AEye is more favorable than Omron.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares AEye and Omron”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| AEye | $230,000.00 | 174.16 | -$33.96 million | ($0.87) | -0.99 |
| Omron | $5.10 billion | 1.47 | $188.01 million | $1.05 | 34.50 |
Omron has higher revenue and earnings than AEye. AEye is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Omron, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Omron beats AEye on 7 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 Omron
OMRON Corporation engages in industrial automation, device and module solutions, social systems, and healthcare businesses worldwide. The Industrial Automation Business offers sensors, switches, safety and control components, relays, motion and drives, robotics, energy conservation, power supplies, and automation system products. It also offers environmental mobility, digital devices, food and commodity, logistic and warehouse automation, medical, robotic, panel, vision, software, and traceability related solutions. The Social Systems, Solutions and Service Business provides energy, public transport, traffic safety, network protection, payment, infrastructure monitoring, management service, and DX solutions, as well as offers remote surveillance/monitoring, automation/robotics, software development, engineering/maintenance, and other services. The Healthcare Business provides cardiovascular, respiratory care, pain management, remote patient monitoring, and other solutions. The Device and Module Solutions Business offers relays, switches, connectors, and sensors. OMRON Corporation was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.
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