Blaize (NASDAQ:BZAI) vs. DevvStream (NASDAQ:DEVS) Financial Survey

DevvStream (NASDAQ:DEVS) and Blaize (NASDAQ:BZAI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for DevvStream and Blaize, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DevvStream	1	0	0	0	1.00
Blaize	1	1	4	0	2.50

Blaize has a consensus price target of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 490.72%. Given Blaize’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Blaize is more favorable than DevvStream.

Volatility and Risk

DevvStream has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blaize has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares DevvStream and Blaize”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DevvStream	$30,000.00	105.09	-$12.07 million	($2.70)	-0.30
Blaize	$1.55 million	84.85	-$4.11 million	($0.71)	-1.67

Blaize has higher revenue and earnings than DevvStream. Blaize is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DevvStream, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares DevvStream and Blaize’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DevvStream	N/A	N/A	-236.36%
Blaize	N/A	N/A	-31.40%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

75.8% of DevvStream shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.1% of Blaize shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of DevvStream shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.4% of Blaize shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Blaize beats DevvStream on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About DevvStream

DevvStream Holdings Inc. is a carbon credit project co-development and generation firm specializing in technology-based solutions. DevvStream Holdings Inc., formerly known as Focus Impact Acquisition Corp., is based in NEW YORK.

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.