BigBear.ai (NYSE:BBAI) & Serve Robotics (NASDAQ:SERV) Head-To-Head Comparison

Serve Robotics (NASDAQ:SERV) and BigBear.ai (NYSE:BBAI) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Serve Robotics and BigBear.ai, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Serve Robotics	1	1	4	0	2.50
BigBear.ai	1	2	2	0	2.20

Serve Robotics currently has a consensus price target of $19.33, suggesting a potential upside of 44.06%. BigBear.ai has a consensus price target of $6.33, suggesting a potential downside of 6.90%. Given Serve Robotics’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Serve Robotics is more favorable than BigBear.ai.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Serve Robotics and BigBear.ai”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Serve Robotics	$1.81 million	552.22	-$39.19 million	($1.49)	-9.01
BigBear.ai	$144.20 million	20.60	-$295.55 million	($1.42)	-4.79

Serve Robotics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BigBear.ai. Serve Robotics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BigBear.ai, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility and Risk

Serve Robotics has a beta of -0.14, indicating that its share price is 114% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BigBear.ai has a beta of 3.44, indicating that its share price is 244% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

7.6% of BigBear.ai shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of Serve Robotics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of BigBear.ai shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Serve Robotics and BigBear.ai’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Serve Robotics	-4,121.58%	-38.52%	-36.89%
BigBear.ai	-274.70%	-26.11%	-12.37%

Summary

BigBear.ai beats Serve Robotics on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Serve Robotics

Serve Robotics Inc. designs, develops, and operates low-emission robots that serve people in public spaces with food delivery in the United States. It builds self-driving delivery robots. The company was formerly known as Patricia Acquisition Corp. and changed its name to Serve Robotics Inc. in July 2023. Serve Robotics Inc. was founded in 2017 and is based in Redwood City, California.

About BigBear.ai

BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc. provides artificial intelligence-powered decision intelligence solutions. It offers national security, supply chain management, and digital identity and biometrics solutions. The company also provides data ingestion, data enrichment, data processing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, predictive analytics, and predictive visualization solutions and services. It serves nation defense and intelligence agencies, border protection, transportation security, manufacturing, distribution and logistics, travel, entertainment, and tourism sectors. The company is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland.