Aeva Technologies (NASDAQ:AEVA – Get Free Report) and CSP (NASDAQ:CSPI – Get Free Report) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Aeva Technologies and CSP”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Aeva Technologies | $18.08 million | 38.35 | -$145.43 million | ($2.75) | -4.00 |
| CSP | $56.91 million | 1.28 | -$90,000.00 | ($0.07) | -103.57 |
CSP has higher revenue and earnings than Aeva Technologies. CSP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aeva Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Aeva Technologies and CSP’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Aeva Technologies | -548.73% | -1,465.39% | -74.84% |
| CSP | -1.22% | -1.56% | -0.99% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Aeva Technologies and CSP, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Aeva Technologies | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.20 |
| CSP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Aeva Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $28.75, indicating a potential upside of 161.36%. Given Aeva Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Aeva Technologies is more favorable than CSP.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
62.9% of Aeva Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.7% of CSP shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.7% of Aeva Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of CSP shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Volatility & Risk
Aeva Technologies has a beta of 2.56, indicating that its share price is 156% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CSP has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Aeva Technologies beats CSP on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Aeva Technologies
Aeva Technologies, Inc. engages in the design, development, manufacture, and sale of LiDAR sensing systems, and related perception and autonomy-enabling software solutions in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. The company develops its products using frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) sensing technology. It offers Aeries II, a 4D LiDAR solution that consist of 4D LiDAR sensing system with embedded software for automotive grade production across passenger car, trucking, and mobility applications; and Atlas, a FMCW 4D LiDAR with simultaneous velocity and range detection for the automotive market. The company's products are also used in industrial automation, consumer device, and security market applications. Aeva Technologies, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.
About CSP
CSP Inc. develops and markets IT integration solutions, security products, managed IT services, cloud services, purpose-built network adapters, and cluster computer systems for commercial and defense customers worldwide. It operates in two segments, Technology Solutions and High Performance Products. The Technology Solutions segment provides third-party computer hardware and software as a value-added reseller to various customers in web and infrastructure hosting, education, telecommunications, healthcare services, distribution, financial and professional services, and manufacturing industries. This segment also offers professional IT consulting services, such as planning, designing, assessment, implementation, migration, optimization, and project management; storage and virtualization solutions; enterprise security intrusion prevention, network access control, and unified threat management services; and IT security compliance services. In addition, this segment provides unified communications, wireless, and routing and switching solutions; custom software applications and solutions development and support services; optimization, maintenance, and technical support services; and managed IT services, such as monitoring, reporting, and management of alerts for the resolution and preventive general IT, as well as IT security support tasks. Further, this segment offers managed and cloud services, such as proactive monitoring and remote management of IT infrastructure, managed and hosted unified communication services, security, and backup and replication. The High Performance Products segment offers ARIA Software-Defined Security, a cybersecurity solution; ARIA Zero Trust PROTECT that stopping the attacks that are used to attack critical infrastructure applications; Myricom network adapters; and multicomputer products for digital signal processing applications in the defense markets. CSP Inc. was incorporated in 1968 and is headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts.
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