Critical Survey: Aeluma (NASDAQ:ALMU) and MINEBEA MITSUMI (OTCMKTS:MNBEY)

MINEBEA MITSUMI (OTCMKTS:MNBEY) and Aeluma (NASDAQ:ALMU) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for MINEBEA MITSUMI and Aeluma, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MINEBEA MITSUMI	0	0	0	0	0.00
Aeluma	0	0	2	0	3.00

Aeluma has a consensus price target of $25.50, suggesting a potential upside of 28.85%. Given Aeluma’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Aeluma is more favorable than MINEBEA MITSUMI.

Profitability

This table compares MINEBEA MITSUMI and Aeluma’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MINEBEA MITSUMI	4.81%	10.06%	4.81%
Aeluma	-86.85%	-87.90%	-50.73%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares MINEBEA MITSUMI and Aeluma”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MINEBEA MITSUMI	$10.01 billion	N/A	$613.52 million	$2.20	17.35
Aeluma	$3.63 million	86.64	-$4.29 million	($0.27)	-73.30

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

Summary

MINEBEA MITSUMI beats Aeluma on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About MINEBEA MITSUMI

Minebea Mitsumi, Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of high precision ball bearings and components for IT (Information Technology), telecommunications, aerospace, automotive, and home appliance industries. It operates through the following segments: Machined Components, Electronic Devices and Components, Mitsumi Electric Products, and Others. The Machined Components segment provides mechanical parts such as ball bearings, rod-end bearings, hard disk drive pivot assemblies, and aircraft screws. The Electronic Devices and Components segment offers LED backlights, sensor devices, stepping motors, fan motors, hard disk drive spindle motors, precision motors, and other special devices. The Mitsumi Electric Products segment handles the semiconductor, optical, mechanical, high frequency, and power supply devices. The Others segment deals with the in-house produced machines. The company was founded on July 16, 1951 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

About Aeluma

Aeluma, Inc. develops optoelectronic and electronic devices in the United States. The company manufactures semiconductor materials and chips using compound semiconductors on diameter substrates that are used to manufacture mass market microelectronics. It offers its devices for use in mobile, automotive, AI, defence and aerospace, communication, AR/VR, and HPC applications, as well as laser emitters, transistors for integrated circuits, quantum photonic circuits, and solar cells applications. Aeluma, Inc. was formerly known as Parc Investments, Inc. and changed its name to Aeluma, Inc. June 2021. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Goleta, California.