AEye (NASDAQ:LIDR – Get Free Report) and OSI Systems (NASDAQ:OSIS – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.
Risk and Volatility
AEye has a beta of 2.83, indicating that its share price is 183% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OSI Systems has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares AEye and OSI Systems”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| AEye | $450,000.00 | 127.07 | -$33.96 million | ($0.87) | -1.41 |
| OSI Systems | $1.79 billion | 1.78 | $154.71 million | $9.00 | 22.22 |
OSI Systems has higher revenue and earnings than AEye. AEye is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OSI Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares AEye and OSI Systems’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| AEye | -7,786.44% | -42.98% | -38.52% |
| OSI Systems | 8.66% | 20.33% | 7.24% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
21.6% of AEye shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.2% of OSI Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 11.9% of AEye shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of OSI Systems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings for AEye and OSI Systems, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| AEye | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| OSI Systems | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2.71 |
AEye presently has a consensus target price of $3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 184.55%. OSI Systems has a consensus target price of $281.71, suggesting a potential upside of 40.89%. Given AEye’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AEye is more favorable than OSI Systems.
Summary
OSI Systems beats AEye on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About AEye
AEye, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides lidar systems for vehicle autonomy, advanced driver-assistance systems, and robotic vision applications in the United States, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. It offers 4Sight intelligent sensing lidar platform, including 4Sight at Design, Triggered 4Sight, Responsive 4Sight, and Predictive 4Sight; and 4Sight for automotive and industrial market. The company was formerly known as CF Finance Acquisition Corp. III and changed its name to AEye, Inc. in August 2021. AEye, Inc. was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Dublin, California.
About OSI Systems
OSI Systems, Inc. designs and manufactures electronic systems and components. It operates in three segments: Security, Healthcare, and Optoelectronics and Manufacturing. The Security segment offers baggage and parcel inspection, cargo and vehicle inspection, hold baggage and people screening, radiation monitoring, explosive and narcotics trace detection systems, and optical inspection systems under the Rapiscan name. It also provides site design, installation, training, and technical support services; and turnkey security screening solutions under the S2 name. The Healthcare segment offers patient monitoring, cardiology and remote monitoring, and connected care systems and accessories under the Spacelabs name for use in critical care, emergency, and perioperative areas within hospitals, physicians' offices, medical clinics, and ambulatory surgery centers. The Optoelectronics and Manufacturing segment provides optoelectronic devices under the OSI Optoelectronics, OSI LaserDiode, OSI Laserscan, and Advanced Photonix names for the aerospace and defense, avionics, medical imaging and diagnostics, biochemistry analysis, pharmaceutical, nanotechnology, telecommunications, construction, and homeland security markets. It also offers electronics manufacturing services to original equipment manufacturers and end users for medical, automotive, defense, aerospace, industrial, and consumer applications under the OSI Electronics, APlus Products, Altaflex, and PFC Flexible Circuits names; LCD displays for medical, industrial, and consumer electronics applications; and flex circuits for OEM customers. This segment offers laser-based remote sensing devices to detect and classify vehicles in toll and traffic management systems under the OSI Laserscan and Autosense names; and solid-state laser products for aerospace, defense, telecommunication, and medical applications under the OSI LaserDiode name. The company was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Hawthorne, California.
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