Head-To-Head Analysis: Beam Global (NASDAQ:BEEM) & Innoviz Technologies (NASDAQ:INVZ)

Innoviz Technologies (NASDAQ:INVZ) and Beam Global (NASDAQ:BEEM) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Innoviz Technologies and Beam Global, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Innoviz Technologies	1	0	2	0	2.33
Beam Global	1	2	0	0	1.67

Innoviz Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $2.65, indicating a potential upside of 284.62%. Given Innoviz Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Innoviz Technologies is more favorable than Beam Global.

Volatility and Risk

Innoviz Technologies has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beam Global has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Innoviz Technologies and Beam Global’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Innoviz Technologies	-181.46%	-101.64%	-57.82%
Beam Global	-73.22%	-73.50%	-42.14%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Innoviz Technologies and Beam Global”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Innoviz Technologies	$55.09 million	2.68	-$67.79 million	($0.39)	-1.77
Beam Global	$28.24 million	0.95	-$27.00 million	($0.96)	-1.26

Beam Global has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Innoviz Technologies. Innoviz Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Beam Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

63.3% of Innoviz Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.6% of Beam Global shares are held by institutional investors. 11.2% of Innoviz Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Beam Global shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Innoviz Technologies beats Beam Global on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Innoviz Technologies

Innoviz Technologies Ltd. manufactures and sells automotive grade LiDAR sensors and perception software to enable safe autonomous driving at a mass scale. The company offers InnovizOne, a solid-state LiDAR sensor designed for automakers and robotaxis, shuttles, trucks, and delivery companies requiring an automotive-grade and mass-producible solution to achieve autonomy. It also provides InnovizTwo, an automotive-grade LiDAR sensor that offers a solution for all levels of autonomous driving, as well as an option to integrate the perception application in the LiDAR sensor; and perception application, a software application that raw point cloud data from Innoviz LiDAR products into perception outputs. The company operates in Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, and North America. It markets and sells its products through a direct sales organization, as well as through distribution channels. The company is headquartered in Rosh Haayin, Israel.

About Beam Global

Beam Global, a clean-technology innovation company, engages in the design, development, engineering, manufacture, and sale of renewably energized infrastructure products and battery solutions. Its product portfolio includes EV ARC (electric vehicle autonomous renewable charger), an infrastructure product that uses integrated solar power and battery storage to provide a mounting asset and a source of power for factory installed electric vehicle charging stations; Solar Tree DCFC, an off-grid, renewably energized, and single-column mounted smart generation and energy storage system to provide a 150kW DC fast charge to one or more electric vehicles, such as electric buses, heavy-duty vehicles, agricultural equipment, public transportation, and electric vehicles used in the construction industry; and EV ARC DCFC, a DC fast charging system for charging EVs. The company is also involved in the development of EV-Standard, a lamp standard, EV charging, and emergency power product that uses an existing streetlamp's foundation and a combination of solar, wind, grid connection, and onboard energy storage to provide curbside charging; and UAV ARC, an off-grid and renewably energized product and network used to charge aerial drone (UAV) fleets. It offers its solutions for electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, energy storage, energy security, disaster preparedness, street lighting, telecommunications, energy infrastructure, and outdoor media and branding industries. The company was formerly known as Envision Solar International, Inc. and changed its name to Beam Global in September 2020. Beam Global was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.