Palladyne AI (NASDAQ:PDYN – Get Free Report) and DIH Holding US (NASDAQ:DHAI – Get Free Report) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Palladyne AI and DIH Holding US”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Palladyne AI | $7.79 million | 40.07 | -$72.62 million | ($1.87) | -3.98 |
| DIH Holding US | $64.47 million | 0.18 | -$8.44 million | ($0.30) | -0.80 |
Volatility & Risk
Palladyne AI has a beta of 3.76, suggesting that its share price is 276% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DIH Holding US has a beta of 0.07, suggesting that its share price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Palladyne AI and DIH Holding US, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Palladyne AI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
| DIH Holding US | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Palladyne AI presently has a consensus target price of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 101.61%. Given Palladyne AI’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Palladyne AI is more favorable than DIH Holding US.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
26.0% of Palladyne AI shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.8% of DIH Holding US shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.4% of Palladyne AI shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 49.6% of DIH Holding US shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Palladyne AI and DIH Holding US’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Palladyne AI | -1,028.07% | -186.60% | -75.73% |
| DIH Holding US | -13.59% | N/A | -25.97% |
Summary
DIH Holding US beats Palladyne AI on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Palladyne AI
Palladyne AI Corp., a software company, focuses on delivering software that enhances the utility and functionality of third-party stationary and mobile robotic systems in the United States. Its Artificial Intelligence (AI)/ Machine Learning (ML) software platform enables robots to observe, learn, reason, and act in structured and unstructured environments. The company's software platform enables robotic systems to perceive their environment and quickly adapt to changing circumstances by generalizing from their experience using dynamic real-time operations without extensive programming and with minimal robot training. It serves customers from various industries, such as industrial manufacturing, warehousing and logistics, defense, infrastructure maintenance and repair, energy, aerospace and aviation, and others. The company was formerly known as Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corporation and changed its name to Palladyne AI Corp. in March 2024. Palladyne AI Corp. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.
About DIH Holding US
DIH Holding US, Inc. operates as a robotics and virtual reality (VR) technology provider for the rehabilitation industry in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the United States, and the Asia Pacific. It offers ArmeoPower, a backbone robot for arm and hand therapy in an early stage of rehabilitation; ArmeoSpring for less severe patients that provides self-initiated repetitive arm and hand therapy in an extensive workspace; ArmeoSpring Pro; and Armeo Senso, for patients self-initiated and still structurally controlled movement patterns to completely open movement. The company also provides lower extremity products, including Erigo for gradual verticalization, leg mobilization, and intensive sensorimotor stimulation through cyclic leg loading; Lokomat, a robot-assisted therapy that enables training to increase the strength of muscles and a range of motion of joints in order to improve walking; Andago, a robotics smart control system that assists patients in walking naturally; C-Mill, creates a training environment; CAREN, a computer assisted rehabilitation environment; and GRAIL, an gait real-time analysis interactive lab solution for analysis training and research. In addition, it offers SafeGait, RYSEN, and M-Gait for gait and balance; and HocoNet and D-Flow software. DIH Holding US, Inc. was founded in 2021 and is based in Norwell, Massachusetts.
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