Reviewing AI Transportation Acquisition (NASDAQ:AITR) and Trinity Capital (NASDAQ:TRIN)

AI Transportation Acquisition (NASDAQ:AITR) and Trinity Capital (NASDAQ:TRIN) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares AI Transportation Acquisition and Trinity Capital”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AI Transportation Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Trinity Capital	$190.27 million	4.95	$76.89 million	$2.19	6.65

Trinity Capital has higher revenue and earnings than AI Transportation Acquisition.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

81.9% of AI Transportation Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.6% of Trinity Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 22.7% of AI Transportation Acquisition shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Trinity Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

AI Transportation Acquisition has a beta of 0.01, meaning that its stock price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trinity Capital has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares AI Transportation Acquisition and Trinity Capital’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AI Transportation Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A
Trinity Capital	40.73%	15.90%	7.14%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for AI Transportation Acquisition and Trinity Capital, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AI Transportation Acquisition	0	0	0	0	0.00
Trinity Capital	1	1	1	1	2.50

Trinity Capital has a consensus price target of $15.13, suggesting a potential upside of 3.81%. Given Trinity Capital’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Trinity Capital is more favorable than AI Transportation Acquisition.

Summary

Trinity Capital beats AI Transportation Acquisition on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About AI Transportation Acquisition

AI Transportation Acquisition Corp does not have significant operations. The company focuses on effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. It intends to focus on businesses in the transportation field, including logistics, new energy vehicles, smart parking, on-board chips and AI algorithms, automotive services, and related areas of intelligent transportation. The company was incorporated in 2022 and is based in New York, New York.

About Trinity Capital

Trinity Capital Inc. is a business development company. It is a venture capital firm specializing in venture debt to growth stage companies looking for loans and/or equipment financing. Trinity Capital Inc. was founded in 2019 is based in Phoenix, Arizona with additional offices in the United States.