Reviewing Serve Robotics (NASDAQ:SERV) & Taboola.com (NASDAQ:TBLA)

Taboola.com (NASDAQ:TBLA) and Serve Robotics (NASDAQ:SERV) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Taboola.com and Serve Robotics”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Taboola.com	$1.77 billion	0.50	-$3.76 million	$0.04	83.75
Serve Robotics	$1.81 million	403.94	-$39.19 million	($1.15)	-10.62

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

42.9% of Taboola.com shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.4% of Taboola.com shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.4% of Serve Robotics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Taboola.com and Serve Robotics’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Taboola.com	0.75%	5.27%	3.21%
Serve Robotics	-3,726.00%	-36.47%	-34.93%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Taboola.com and Serve Robotics, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Taboola.com	0	2	4	0	2.67
Serve Robotics	0	1	4	1	3.00

Taboola.com presently has a consensus target price of $4.50, indicating a potential upside of 34.33%. Serve Robotics has a consensus target price of $17.75, indicating a potential upside of 45.37%. Given Serve Robotics’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Serve Robotics is more favorable than Taboola.com.

Risk & Volatility

Taboola.com has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Serve Robotics has a beta of -0.16, meaning that its stock price is 116% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Taboola.com beats Serve Robotics on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Taboola.com

Taboola.com Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, operates an artificial intelligence-based algorithmic engine platform in Israel, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and internationally. It offers Taboola, a platform that partners with websites, devices, and mobile apps to recommend editorial content and advertisements on the open web to users. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

About Serve Robotics

Serve Robotics Inc. designs, develops, and operates low-emission robots that serve people in public spaces with food delivery in the United States. It builds self-driving delivery robots. The company was formerly known as Patricia Acquisition Corp. and changed its name to Serve Robotics Inc. in July 2023. Serve Robotics Inc. was founded in 2017 and is based in Redwood City, California.