Contrasting Audioeye (NASDAQ:AEYE) and AvePoint (NASDAQ:AVPT)

Audioeye (NASDAQ:AEYE) and AvePoint (NASDAQ:AVPT) are both technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.

Risk and Volatility

Audioeye has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AvePoint has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

51.1% of Audioeye shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.5% of AvePoint shares are held by institutional investors. 25.9% of Audioeye shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.7% of AvePoint shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Audioeye and AvePoint, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Audioeye	1	1	4	0	2.50
AvePoint	0	6	10	0	2.62

Audioeye currently has a consensus price target of $14.62, suggesting a potential upside of 85.60%. AvePoint has a consensus price target of $16.25, suggesting a potential upside of 3.37%. Given Audioeye’s higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Audioeye is more favorable than AvePoint.

Profitability

This table compares Audioeye and AvePoint’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Audioeye	-10.92%	121.59%	15.45%
AvePoint	15.33%	15.97%	9.62%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Audioeye and AvePoint”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Audioeye	$40.31 million	2.46	-$3.08 million	($0.36)	-21.89
AvePoint	$466.15 million	7.13	$34.80 million	$0.32	49.12

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

Summary

AvePoint beats Audioeye on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Audioeye

AudioEye, Inc. provides patented, internet content publication, distribution software, and related services to Internet and other media to people regardless of their device, location, or disabilities in the United States. Its software and services enable conversion of digital content into accessible formats and allows for real time distribution to end users on any Internet connected device. The company offers AudioEye, an always-on testing, remediation, and monitoring solution that improves conformance with web content accessibility guidelines; identifies and fixes the accessibility errors and addresses a range of disabilities, including dyslexia, color blindness, epilepsy, and others; and provides additional solutions to provide for enhanced compliance and accessibility, including periodic auditing, human assisted technological remediations, and legal support services, as well as PDF remediation services, Native Mobile App and audit reports to help customers with their digital accessibility needs. The company serves small- and medium-sized businesses, corporate enterprises, non-profit organizations, and federal government agencies, as well as federal, state, and local governments and agencies through content management system partners, platform and agency partners, authorized resellers, and the marketplace. AudioEye, Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Tucson, Arizona.

About AvePoint

AvePoint, Inc. provides cloud-native data management software platform in North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific. It also offers software-as-a-service solutions and productivity applications. The company offers modularity and cloud services architecture to address critical challenges and the management of data to organizations that leverage third-party cloud vendors, including Microsoft, Salesforce, Google, AWS, Box, DropBox, and others; license and support; and maintenance services. AvePoint, Inc. was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey.