Analyzing Aeva Technologies (NASDAQ:AEVA) and Jabil (NYSE:JBL)

Jabil (NYSE:JBL) and Aeva Technologies (NASDAQ:AEVA) are both technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.

Volatility and Risk

Jabil has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aeva Technologies has a beta of 2.56, meaning that its stock price is 156% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Jabil and Aeva Technologies, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Jabil	0	0	9	2	3.18
Aeva Technologies	1	2	2	0	2.20

Jabil presently has a consensus price target of $437.22, suggesting a potential upside of 82.85%. Aeva Technologies has a consensus price target of $28.75, suggesting a potential upside of 161.36%. Given Aeva Technologies’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Aeva Technologies is more favorable than Jabil.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Jabil and Aeva Technologies”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Jabil	$35.95 billion	0.68	$1.04 billion	$9.78	24.45
Aeva Technologies	$18.08 million	38.35	-$145.43 million	($2.75)	-4.00

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

Profitability

This table compares Jabil and Aeva Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Jabil	2.90%	89.50%	5.54%
Aeva Technologies	-150.12%	-859.37%	-81.68%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

93.4% of Jabil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.9% of Aeva Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Jabil shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 36.7% of Aeva Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Jabil beats Aeva Technologies on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Jabil

Jabil Inc. provides manufacturing services and solutions worldwide. It operates in two segments, Electronics Manufacturing Services and Diversified Manufacturing Services. The company offers electronics design, production, and product management services; electronic circuit design services, such as application-specific integrated circuit design, firmware development, and rapid prototyping services; and designs plastic and metal enclosures that include the electro-mechanics, such as the printed circuit board assemblies (PCBA). It also provides three-dimensional mechanical design comprising the analysis of electronic, electro-mechanical, and optical assemblies, as well as various industrial design, mechanism development, and tooling management services. In addition, the company provides computer-assisted design services consisting of PCBA design, as well as PCBA design validation and verification services; and other consulting services, such as the generation of a bill of materials, approved vendor list, and assembly equipment configuration for various PCBA designs. Further, it offers product and process validation services, such as product system, product safety, regulatory compliance, and reliability tests, as well as manufacturing test solution development services. Additionally, the company provides systems assembly, test, direct-order fulfillment, and configure-to-order services. It serves 5G, wireless and cloud, digital print and retail, industrial and semi-cap, networking and storage, automotive and transportation, connected devices, healthcare and packaging, and mobility industries. The company was formerly known as Jabil Circuit, Inc. and changed its name to Jabil Inc. in June 2017. Jabil Inc. was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Saint Petersburg, Florida.

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.