Critical Comparison: Brand Engagement Network (BNAI) versus Its Rivals

Brand Engagement Network (NASDAQ:BNAI) is one of 953 public companies in the “Software” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Brand Engagement Network to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Volatility and Risk

Brand Engagement Network has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brand Engagement Network’s rivals have a beta of 1.34, meaning that their average share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

15.8% of Brand Engagement Network shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.9% of shares of all “Software” companies are owned by institutional investors. 25.6% of Brand Engagement Network shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.9% of shares of all “Software” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Brand Engagement Network and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brand Engagement Network	-2,356.26%	-145.56%	-62.22%
Brand Engagement Network Competitors	-612.40%	21.13%	-8.86%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Brand Engagement Network and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Brand Engagement Network	$280,000.00	-$8.62 million	-3.05
Brand Engagement Network Competitors	$1.80 billion	$385.91 million	108.77

Brand Engagement Network’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Brand Engagement Network. Brand Engagement Network is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Brand Engagement Network and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brand Engagement Network	1	0	0	0	1.00
Brand Engagement Network Competitors	5754	21553	44937	1498	2.57

As a group, “Software” companies have a potential upside of 29.74%. Given Brand Engagement Network’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Brand Engagement Network has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Summary

Brand Engagement Network rivals beat Brand Engagement Network on 12 of the 13 factors compared.

About Brand Engagement Network

Brand Engagement Network, Inc. provides conversational AI assistants. The company offers security-focused, multimodal communication, and human-like assistants. Its AI assistants are built on proprietary natural language processing, anomaly detection, multisensory awareness, sentiment, and environmental analysis, as well as real-time individuation and personalization capabilities. It serves the automotive, healthcare, and other industries through direct sales force and channel partners. Brand Engagement Network, Inc. was formerly known as Blockchain Exchange Network Inc. and changed its name to Brand Engagement Network, Inc. in April 2023. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Jackson, Wyoming.