Taboola.com (NASDAQ:TBLA – Get Free Report) and BigBear.ai (NYSE:BBAI – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Risk and Volatility
Taboola.com has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BigBear.ai has a beta of 3.44, meaning that its stock price is 244% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Taboola.com and BigBear.ai”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Taboola.com | $1.77 billion | 0.51 | -$3.76 million | $0.04 | 85.00 |
| BigBear.ai | $158.24 million | 12.83 | -$295.55 million | ($1.44) | -3.80 |
Taboola.com has higher revenue and earnings than BigBear.ai. BigBear.ai is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Taboola.com, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Taboola.com and BigBear.ai’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Taboola.com | 0.75% | 5.27% | 3.21% |
| BigBear.ai | -269.28% | -48.11% | -15.88% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
42.9% of Taboola.com shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.6% of BigBear.ai shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.7% of Taboola.com shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of BigBear.ai shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings for Taboola.com and BigBear.ai, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Taboola.com | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2.67 |
| BigBear.ai | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.50 |
Taboola.com currently has a consensus price target of $4.50, indicating a potential upside of 32.35%. BigBear.ai has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.59%. Given Taboola.com’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Taboola.com is more favorable than BigBear.ai.
Summary
Taboola.com beats BigBear.ai on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Taboola.com
Taboola.com Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, operates an artificial intelligence-based algorithmic engine platform in Israel, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and internationally. It offers Taboola, a platform that partners with websites, devices, and mobile apps to recommend editorial content and advertisements on the open web to users. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
About BigBear.ai
BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc. provides artificial intelligence-powered decision intelligence solutions. It offers national security, supply chain management, and digital identity and biometrics solutions. The company also provides data ingestion, data enrichment, data processing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, predictive analytics, and predictive visualization solutions and services. It serves nation defense and intelligence agencies, border protection, transportation security, manufacturing, distribution and logistics, travel, entertainment, and tourism sectors. The company is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland.
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