SCWorx (NASDAQ:WORX – Get Free Report) and AEye (NASDAQ:LIDR – Get Free Report) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
1.9% of SCWorx shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.6% of AEye shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of SCWorx shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of AEye shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Volatility & Risk
SCWorx has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AEye has a beta of 2.75, meaning that its share price is 175% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| SCWorx | $2.88 million | 0.13 | -$4.44 million | ($9.01) | -0.04 |
| AEye | $230,000.00 | 329.20 | -$33.96 million | ($1.13) | -1.45 |
SCWorx has higher revenue and earnings than AEye. AEye is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SCWorx, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares SCWorx and AEye’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| SCWorx | -154.41% | -72.19% | -60.48% |
| AEye | -12,698.89% | -49.42% | -42.66% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for SCWorx and AEye, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| SCWorx | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| AEye | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.33 |
AEye has a consensus price target of $4.75, suggesting a potential upside of 190.52%. Given AEye’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AEye is more favorable than SCWorx.
Summary
AEye beats SCWorx on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About SCWorx
SCWorx Corp. develops and markets health care information technology solutions and related services to improve healthcare processes and information flow within hospitals and other healthcare facilities in the United States. The company provides data content and services related to repair, normalization, and interoperability of information for healthcare providers, as well as big data analytics for the healthcare industry. It also offers virtualized item master file repair, expansion, and automation; electronic medical record management; charge description master management; contract management; request for proposal automation; rebate management; integration of acquired management; big data analytics modeling; data integration and warehousing; and ScanWorx. In addition, the company focuses on selling personal protective equipment and COVID-19 rapid test kits. It sells its solutions and services to hospitals and health systems through its direct sales force, and distribution and reseller partnerships. SCWorx Corp. is based in New York, New York.
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.
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