Financial Analysis: Infobird (NASDAQ:IFBD) & C3.ai (NYSE:AI)

C3.ai (NYSE:AI) and Infobird (NASDAQ:IFBD) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares C3.ai and Infobird’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
C3.ai	-92.08%	-40.69%	-33.35%
Infobird	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares C3.ai and Infobird”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
C3.ai	$389.06 million	5.50	-$288.70 million	($2.60)	-5.97
Infobird	$1.44 million	4.47	-$2.10 million	N/A	N/A

Infobird has lower revenue, but higher earnings than C3.ai.

Risk & Volatility

C3.ai has a beta of 1.96, indicating that its share price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Infobird has a beta of 1.74, indicating that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

39.0% of C3.ai shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.9% of Infobird shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.5% of C3.ai shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 35.5% of Infobird shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for C3.ai and Infobird, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
C3.ai	5	7	1	1	1.86
Infobird	1	0	0	0	1.00

C3.ai presently has a consensus target price of $22.09, suggesting a potential upside of 42.22%. Given C3.ai’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe C3.ai is more favorable than Infobird.

Summary

C3.ai beats Infobird on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About C3.ai

C3.ai, Inc. operates as an enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) software company in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company provides C3 AI platform, an application development and runtime environment that enables customers to design, develop, and deploy enterprise AI applications; C3 AI Ex Machina for analysis-ready data; C3 AI CRM, an industry specific customer relationship management solution; and C3 Generative AI Product Suite that enables to locate, retrieve, and present information. It also offers C3 AI applications, including C3 AI Inventory Optimization, a solution to optimize raw material, in-process, and finished goods inventory levels; C3 AI Supply Network Risk, which identifies emerging inbound and outbound risks across the network; C3 AI Sustainability Suite, which helps to decrease greenhouse gas emission; C3 AI Production Schedule Optimization, a solution for scheduling production; C3 AI Financial Services Suite, which helps to minimize compliance risks; and C3 AI Energy Management solution. In addition, it offers integrated turnkey enterprise AI applications for oil and gas, chemicals, utilities, manufacturing, financial services, defense, intelligence, aerospace, healthcare, and telecommunications market. It has strategic partnerships with Baker Hughes in the areas of oil and gas market; Booz Allen to provide solutions to government, defense, and intelligence sectors; Raytheon; and AWS, Google, and Microsoft. The company was formerly known as C3 IoT, Inc. and changed its name to C3.ai, Inc. in June 2019. C3.ai, Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California.

About Infobird

Infobird Co., Ltd, through its subsidiaries, operates as a software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider of artificial intelligence (AI) enabled customer engagement solutions in the People's Republic of China. The company offers customer relationship management cloud-based services, such as SaaS and business process outsourcing services to its clients. It also provides AI-powered cloud-based sales force management software, including intelligent quality inspection and intelligent training software to enable its clients to monitor, benchmark, and enhance the performances of agents; consumer product and retail store digitalization solutions; and other services, including software license selling, data analysis, and other professional services. The company serves corporate clients in the finance, education, public services, healthcare, and consumer products industries. Infobird Co., Ltd was founded in 2001 and is based in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.