Comparing AEye (NASDAQ:LIDR) and SCWorx (NASDAQ:WORX)

AEye (NASDAQ:LIDR) and SCWorx (NASDAQ:WORX) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Volatility & Risk

AEye has a beta of 2.75, indicating that its share price is 175% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SCWorx has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

21.6% of AEye shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.9% of SCWorx shares are held by institutional investors. 11.9% of AEye shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of SCWorx shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares AEye and SCWorx’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AEye	-12,698.89%	-49.42%	-42.66%
SCWorx	-154.41%	-72.19%	-60.48%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares AEye and SCWorx”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AEye	$230,000.00	324.17	-$33.96 million	($1.13)	-1.42
SCWorx	$2.88 million	0.11	-$4.44 million	($9.01)	-0.03

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for AEye and SCWorx, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AEye	1	0	2	0	2.33
SCWorx	1	0	0	0	1.00

AEye currently has a consensus price target of $4.75, suggesting a potential upside of 195.03%. Given AEye’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe AEye is more favorable than SCWorx.

Summary

AEye beats SCWorx 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 SCWorx

SCWorx Corp. develops and markets health care information technology solutions and related services to improve healthcare processes and information flow within hospitals and other healthcare facilities in the United States. The company provides data content and services related to repair, normalization, and interoperability of information for healthcare providers, as well as big data analytics for the healthcare industry. It also offers virtualized item master file repair, expansion, and automation; electronic medical record management; charge description master management; contract management; request for proposal automation; rebate management; integration of acquired management; big data analytics modeling; data integration and warehousing; and ScanWorx. In addition, the company focuses on selling personal protective equipment and COVID-19 rapid test kits. It sells its solutions and services to hospitals and health systems through its direct sales force, and distribution and reseller partnerships. SCWorx Corp. is based in New York, New York.