Critical Analysis: Ascent Solar Technologies (NASDAQ:ASTI) versus e.Digital (OTCMKTS:EDIG)

Risk & Volatility

Ascent Solar Technologies has a beta of 2.91, indicating that its stock price is 191% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, e.Digital has a beta of 2.02, indicating that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Ascent Solar Technologies and e.Digital”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ascent Solar Technologies	$44,673.00	37.67	-$17.07 million	N/A	N/A
e.Digital	$700,000.00	0.04	-$1.27 million	N/A	N/A

e.Digital has higher revenue and earnings than Ascent Solar Technologies.

Profitability

This table compares Ascent Solar Technologies and e.Digital’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ascent Solar Technologies	-28,235.93%	-1,360.73%	-157.70%
e.Digital	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

10.6% of Ascent Solar Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Ascent Solar Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of e.Digital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

e.Digital beats Ascent Solar Technologies on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Ascent Solar Technologies

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc., a solar technology company, engages in the manufacture and sale of photovoltaic solar modules in the United States. The company markets and sells its products through OEMs, system integrators, distributors, retailers, and value-added resellers. It serves agrivoltaics, aerospace, satellites, near earth orbiting vehicles, and fixed wing unmanned aerial vehicles. Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Thornton, Colorado.

About e.Digital

e.Digital Corporation engages in developing and marketing an intellectual property portfolio of context and interpersonal awareness systems, advanced data security technologies, secure communication technologies, and other technologies. It is involved in licensing and enforcing its Nunchi portfolio of patents related to context and interpersonal awareness systems; microSignet data security technology based on characteristics in semi-conductors; Synap security system, method, and apparatus to solve the issues of encryption key generation and exchange; and other technologies. The company was formerly known as Norris Communications, Inc. and changed its name to e.Digital Corporation in January 1999. e.Digital Corporation was founded in 1988 and is based in San Diego, California.