Financial Contrast: Palladyne AI (NASDAQ:PDYN) vs. mCloud Technologies (OTCMKTS:MCLDF)

mCloud Technologies (OTCMKTS:MCLDF) and Palladyne AI (NASDAQ:PDYN) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

26.0% of Palladyne AI shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of mCloud Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.4% of Palladyne AI shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares mCloud Technologies and Palladyne AI”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
mCloud Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Palladyne AI	$7.79 million	51.70	-$72.62 million	($1.87)	-5.13

mCloud Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Palladyne AI.

Profitability

This table compares mCloud Technologies and Palladyne AI’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
mCloud Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A
Palladyne AI	-1,028.07%	-186.60%	-75.73%

Risk & Volatility

mCloud Technologies has a beta of 70.21, suggesting that its stock price is 6,921% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Palladyne AI has a beta of 3.75, suggesting that its stock price is 275% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for mCloud Technologies and Palladyne AI, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
mCloud Technologies	0	0	0	0	0.00
Palladyne AI	1	1	1	0	2.00

Palladyne AI has a consensus target price of $11.50, suggesting a potential upside of 19.79%. Given Palladyne AI’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Palladyne AI is more favorable than mCloud Technologies.

Summary

Palladyne AI beats mCloud Technologies on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About mCloud Technologies

mCloud Technologies Corp. provides asset management platform solutions combining IoT, artificial intelligence (AI), and cloud in North America, the Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Australia, and China. Its AI-powered AssetCare platform offers asset management solutions, such as Connected Buildings, an AI and analytics solution to automate and remotely manage commercial buildings; Connected Workers, a cloud software to assist workers in the field to stay connected to experts remotely, facilitate repairs, and provide workers with an AI-powered digital assistant; Connected Energy for the inspection of wind turbine blades using AI-powered computer vision and the deployment of analytics to maximize wind farm energy production yield and availability; Connected Industry, to process assets and control endpoint monitoring, equipment health, and asset inventory management, as well as for the management of change across distributed teams; and Connected Health, which includes remote health monitoring and connectivity to caregivers using mobile apps and wireless sensors. The company was formerly known as Universal mCloud Corp. and changed its name to mCloud Technologies Corp. in October 2019. mCloud Technologies Corp. was founded in 2017 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.

About Palladyne AI

Palladyne AI Corp., a software company, focuses on delivering software that enhances the utility and functionality of third-party stationary and mobile robotic systems in the United States. Its Artificial Intelligence (AI)/ Machine Learning (ML) software platform enables robots to observe, learn, reason, and act in structured and unstructured environments. The company's software platform enables robotic systems to perceive their environment and quickly adapt to changing circumstances by generalizing from their experience using dynamic real-time operations without extensive programming and with minimal robot training. It serves customers from various industries, such as industrial manufacturing, warehousing and logistics, defense, infrastructure maintenance and repair, energy, aerospace and aviation, and others. The company was formerly known as Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corporation and changed its name to Palladyne AI Corp. in March 2024. Palladyne AI Corp. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.