Analyzing CI&T (NYSE:CINT) & Earlyworks (NASDAQ:ELWS)

CI&T (NYSE:CINT) and Earlyworks (NASDAQ:ELWS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk and dividends.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares CI&T and Earlyworks”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CI&T	$2.71 billion	0.30	$26.55 million	$0.18	33.21
Earlyworks	$349.39 million	0.02	-$2.13 million	N/A	N/A

CI&T has higher revenue and earnings than Earlyworks.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for CI&T and Earlyworks, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CI&T	0	3	5	1	2.78
Earlyworks	0	0	0	0	0.00

CI&T currently has a consensus price target of $8.26, suggesting a potential upside of 38.10%. Given CI&T’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe CI&T is more favorable than Earlyworks.

Volatility and Risk

CI&T has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Earlyworks has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares CI&T and Earlyworks’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CI&T	4.39%	9.55%	4.94%
Earlyworks	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

92.4% of CI&T shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.5% of Earlyworks shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

CI&T beats Earlyworks on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CI&T

CI&T, Inc. provides strategy, design and software engineering services to enable digital transformation. The firm’s solutions and services include Digital Strategy, Customer-Centric Design and Top-of-the-Line Software Engineering. The company was founded by Cesar Nivaldo Gon, Bruno Guiçardi Neto and Fernando Matt Borges Martins on June 7, 2021 and is headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

About Earlyworks

Earlyworks Co., Ltd operates as a blockchain-based technology company in Japan. The company builds products, deliver services, and develop solutions based on its proprietary Grid Ledger System to leverage blockchain technology in various business settings, including advertisement tracking, online visitor management, and sales of non-fungible tokens. It also provides software and system development services; consulting and solution services; blockchain system solution planning; and proposal, design, and development planning services. The company serves the information technology, shipping, real estate, entertainment, cosmetics, and chemical products sectors. Earlyworks Co., Ltd was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.