Brand Engagement Network (BNAI) & Its Peers Head-To-Head Analysis

Brand Engagement Network (NASDAQ:BNAI) is one of 953 publicly-traded companies in the “Software” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Brand Engagement Network to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

15.8% of Brand Engagement Network shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.9% of shares of all “Software” companies are held by institutional investors. 25.6% of Brand Engagement Network shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.8% of shares of all “Software” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Brand Engagement Network and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Brand Engagement Network	$524,514.00	-$8.62 million	-2.73
Brand Engagement Network Competitors	$1.91 billion	$385.17 million	110.30

Brand Engagement Network’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Brand Engagement Network. Brand Engagement Network is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Brand Engagement Network and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brand Engagement Network	1	0	0	0	1.00
Brand Engagement Network Competitors	5725	21440	44721	1492	2.57

As a group, “Software” companies have a potential upside of 27.85%. Given Brand Engagement Network’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Brand Engagement Network has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Brand Engagement Network and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brand Engagement Network	-2,356.26%	-145.56%	-62.22%
Brand Engagement Network Competitors	-620.53%	20.98%	-8.95%

Risk & Volatility

Brand Engagement Network has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brand Engagement Network’s competitors have a beta of 1.26, suggesting that their average share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Brand Engagement Network competitors beat Brand Engagement Network on 12 of the 13 factors compared.

About Brand Engagement Network

Brand Engagement Network, Inc. provides conversational AI assistants. The company offers security-focused, multimodal communication, and human-like assistants. Its AI assistants are built on proprietary natural language processing, anomaly detection, multisensory awareness, sentiment, and environmental analysis, as well as real-time individuation and personalization capabilities. It serves the automotive, healthcare, and other industries through direct sales force and channel partners. Brand Engagement Network, Inc. was formerly known as Blockchain Exchange Network Inc. and changed its name to Brand Engagement Network, Inc. in April 2023. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Jackson, Wyoming.