Reviewing Aurora Innovation (NASDAQ:AUR) and Plum Acquisition Corp. I (NASDAQ:PLMI)

Aurora Innovation (NASDAQ:AUR) and Plum Acquisition Corp. I (NASDAQ:PLMI) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Aurora Innovation and Plum Acquisition Corp. I’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aurora Innovation	$68.00 million	68.86	-$796.00 million	($0.61)	-5.00
Plum Acquisition Corp. I	N/A	N/A	-$30,000.00	N/A	N/A

Plum Acquisition Corp. I has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Aurora Innovation.

Profitability

This table compares Aurora Innovation and Plum Acquisition Corp. I’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aurora Innovation	N/A	-44.24%	-39.14%
Plum Acquisition Corp. I	N/A	-17.83%	-0.07%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

44.7% of Aurora Innovation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.9% of Plum Acquisition Corp. I shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.8% of Aurora Innovation shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 71.9% of Plum Acquisition Corp. I shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Aurora Innovation and Plum Acquisition Corp. I, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aurora Innovation	1	1	1	0	2.00
Plum Acquisition Corp. I	0	0	0	0	N/A

Aurora Innovation currently has a consensus price target of $3.75, indicating a potential upside of 22.95%. Given Aurora Innovation’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Aurora Innovation is more favorable than Plum Acquisition Corp. I.

Volatility & Risk

Aurora Innovation has a beta of 2.91, indicating that its share price is 191% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plum Acquisition Corp. I has a beta of 0.02, indicating that its share price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Aurora Innovation beats Plum Acquisition Corp. I on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Aurora Innovation

Aurora Innovation, Inc. operates as a self-driving technology company in the United States. It focuses on developing Aurora Driver, a platform that brings a suite of self-driving hardware, software, and data services together to adapt and interoperate vehicles. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

About Plum Acquisition Corp. I

Plum Acquisition Corp. I does not have significant operations. It intends to effect a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is based in San Francisco, California. Plum Acquisition Corp. I operates as a subsidiary of Plum Partners, LLC.