Head-To-Head Survey: TOYO (NASDAQ:TOYO) & Aeluma (NASDAQ:ALMU)

TOYO (NASDAQ:TOYO) and Aeluma (NASDAQ:ALMU) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for TOYO and Aeluma, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TOYO	0	2	2	0	2.50
Aeluma	1	0	4	1	2.83

TOYO presently has a consensus price target of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 176.24%. Aeluma has a consensus price target of $22.75, indicating a potential upside of 202.21%. Given Aeluma’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Aeluma is more favorable than TOYO.

Profitability

This table compares TOYO and Aeluma’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TOYO	N/A	N/A	N/A
Aeluma	-205.31%	-18.14%	-17.20%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

84.6% of TOYO shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of TOYO shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.8% of Aeluma shares are owned by 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.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares TOYO and Aeluma”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TOYO	$427.38 million	0.45	$39.66 million	$1.20	4.22
Aeluma	$4.46 million	32.59	-$9.16 million	($0.52)	-14.48

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

Volatility and Risk

TOYO has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aeluma has a beta of 4.1, indicating that its share price is 310% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

TOYO beats Aeluma on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About TOYO

TOYO Co. Ltd. engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of solar cells and modules. It is involved in integrating the upstream production of wafer and silicon, midstream production of solar cell, downstream production of photovoltaic (PV) modules, and potentially other stages of the solar power supply chain. The company was founded on November 8, 2022 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

About Aeluma

Aeluma, Inc. develops optoelectronic and electronic devices in the United States. The company manufactures semiconductor materials and chips using compound semiconductors on diameter substrates that are used to manufacture mass market microelectronics. It offers its devices for use in mobile, automotive, AI, defence and aerospace, communication, AR/VR, and HPC applications, as well as laser emitters, transistors for integrated circuits, quantum photonic circuits, and solar cells applications. Aeluma, Inc. was formerly known as Parc Investments, Inc. and changed its name to Aeluma, Inc. June 2021. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Goleta, California.