Blaize (NASDAQ:BZAI – Get Free Report) and Peraso (NASDAQ:PRSO – Get Free Report) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and risk.
Profitability
This table compares Blaize and Peraso’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Blaize | -160.85% | -306.51% | -106.16% |
| Peraso | -85.63% | -223.38% | -153.27% |
Risk and Volatility
Blaize has a beta of 0.08, indicating that its stock price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Peraso has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Blaize and Peraso, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Blaize | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2.14 |
| Peraso | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.33 |
Blaize presently has a consensus target price of $1.98, indicating a potential upside of 725.32%. Peraso has a consensus target price of $3.08, indicating a potential upside of 714.83%. Given Blaize’s higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Blaize is more favorable than Peraso.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
97.1% of Blaize shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.6% of Peraso shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.4% of Blaize shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Peraso shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Blaize and Peraso”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Blaize | $38.63 million | 0.90 | -$206.90 million | ($0.68) | -0.35 |
| Peraso | $12.19 million | 0.47 | -$4.75 million | ($0.68) | -0.56 |
Peraso has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Blaize. Peraso is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Blaize, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Blaize beats Peraso on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Blaize
Blaize® has created a transformative new compute solution that unites silicon and software to optimize AI from the edge to the core. We’re partnering with customers to transform their products so they can deliver better experiences and better lives.
About Peraso
Peraso Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, develops, markets, and sells semiconductor devices and modules. The company's products include millimeter wavelength (mmWave) ICs, including baseband IC, various mmWave radio frequency, integrated circuits, as well as associated antenna technology; and mmWave antenna modules. It also provides accelerator engine products, comprising bandwidth engine for high-performance applications where throughput is critical; and quad partition rate, which allows for parallel accesses to multiple partitions of the memory simultaneously. Its mmWave products are used for various applications, such as multi-gigabit point-to-point (PtMP) wireless links; and fixed wireless access in the 5G operating bands, as well as consumer applications, such as wireless video streaming, and untethered augmented reality and virtual reality. The company also licenses intellectual property, as well as offers non-recurring engineering services. It markets its products through direct sales personnel, as well as sells representatives and distributors. The company was formerly knowns as MoSys, Inc. and changed its name to Peraso Inc. in December 2021. Peraso Inc. was incorporated in 1991 and is based in San Jose, California.
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