Rubrik (NYSE:RBRK) vs. Pony AI (NASDAQ:PONY) Critical Comparison

Pony AI (NASDAQ:PONY) and Rubrik (NYSE:RBRK) are both technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares Pony AI and Rubrik’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pony AI	-118.47%	-14.86%	-13.97%
Rubrik	-16.50%	N/A	-8.45%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Pony AI and Rubrik, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pony AI	1	2	7	0	2.60
Rubrik	1	0	28	0	2.93

Pony AI presently has a consensus price target of $19.57, indicating a potential upside of 182.06%. Rubrik has a consensus price target of $114.42, indicating a potential upside of 1.09%. Given Pony AI’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Pony AI is more favorable than Rubrik.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Pony AI and Rubrik”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pony AI	$90.00 million	33.50	-$133.97 million	($0.36)	-19.28
Rubrik	$1.32 billion	17.83	-$348.83 million	($1.26)	-89.83

Pony AI has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Rubrik. Rubrik is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pony AI, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

49.5% of Rubrik shares are held by institutional investors. 13.7% of Rubrik shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

Pony AI has a beta of 3.87, suggesting that its stock price is 287% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rubrik has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Rubrik beats Pony AI on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Pony AI

Pony AI Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the autonomous mobility principally in the People’s Republic of China and the United States. The company provides robotruck services, such as transportation services to the logistics platforms. Pony AI Inc. is based in Guangzhou, the People’s Republic of China.

About Rubrik

Rubrik, Inc. provides data security solutions to individuals and businesses worldwide. The company offers enterprise data protection, unstructured data protection, cloud data protection, and SaaS data protection solutions; data threat analytics; data security posture; and cyber recovery solutions. It serves financial, retail, trade, transportation, energy, industrial, healthcare and life science, education, technology, media, communications, and public sectors. Rubrik, Inc. was formerly known as Scaledata, Inc. and changed its name to Rubrik, Inc. in October 2014. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Palo Alto, California.