Analyzing Airship AI (NASDAQ:AISP) and Unity Software (NYSE:U)

Unity Software (NYSE:U) and Airship AI (NASDAQ:AISP) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Unity Software and Airship AI, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Unity Software	1	11	9	0	2.38
Airship AI	0	0	0	0	N/A

Unity Software currently has a consensus target price of $37.03, indicating a potential upside of 48.24%. Given Unity Software’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Unity Software is more favorable than Airship AI.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

73.5% of Unity Software shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.9% of Airship AI shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of Unity Software shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.2% of Airship AI shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Unity Software and Airship AI’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Unity Software	-37.64%	-10.14%	-4.50%
Airship AI	N/A	-100.73%	78.57%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Unity Software and Airship AI’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Unity Software	$2.19 billion	4.46	-$822.01 million	($2.16)	-11.56
Airship AI	$12.30 million	13.25	$16.37 million	N/A	N/A

Airship AI has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Unity Software.

Risk and Volatility

Unity Software has a beta of 2.42, indicating that its share price is 142% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Airship AI has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Unity Software beats Airship AI on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Unity Software

Unity Software Inc. operates a real-time 3D development platform. Its platform provides software solutions to create, run, and monetize interactive, real-time 2D and 3D content for mobile phones, tablets, PCs, consoles, and augmented and virtual reality devices. The company offers its solutions directly through its online store and field sales operations in North America, Denmark, Finland, the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, China, Singapore, and South Korea, as well as indirectly through independent distributors and resellers worldwide. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

About Airship AI

Airship AI Holdings, Inc. offers AI-driven video, sensor, and data management surveillance platform in the United States. The company provides Airship Acropolis OS, an IP and analog video surveillance; Airship Command, a suite of visualization tools that allows users to view data and evidence ingested from the edge; and Airship Outpost for high-definition recording with user defined low-bit rate video stream encoding. It serves government, public sector, law enforcement, military, and commercial enterprise organizations. The company was formerly known as Super Simple AI, Inc. and changed its name to Airship AI Holdings, Inc. in March 2023. Airship AI Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington.