Contrasting Agriculture & Natural Solutions Acquisition (NASDAQ:ANSC) and Blaize (NASDAQ:BZAI)

Blaize (NASDAQ:BZAI) and Agriculture & Natural Solutions Acquisition (NASDAQ:ANSC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk, institutional ownership and profitability.

Risk and Volatility

Blaize has a beta of 0.27, suggesting that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agriculture & Natural Solutions Acquisition has a beta of -0.05, suggesting that its share price is 105% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Blaize and Agriculture & Natural Solutions Acquisition, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Blaize	1	1	4	1	2.71
Agriculture & Natural Solutions Acquisition	1	0	0	0	1.00

Blaize currently has a consensus target price of $7.60, indicating a potential upside of 98.95%. Given Blaize’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Blaize is more favorable than Agriculture & Natural Solutions Acquisition.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Blaize and Agriculture & Natural Solutions Acquisition”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Blaize	$1.55 million	252.91	-$4.11 million	($0.57)	-6.70
Agriculture & Natural Solutions Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Agriculture & Natural Solutions Acquisition has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Blaize.

Profitability

This table compares Blaize and Agriculture & Natural Solutions Acquisition’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blaize	N/A	N/A	-49.12%
Agriculture & Natural Solutions Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

97.1% of Blaize shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.8% of Agriculture & Natural Solutions Acquisition shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.4% of Blaize shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.0% of Agriculture & Natural Solutions Acquisition shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Blaize beats Agriculture & Natural Solutions Acquisition on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Blaize

Blaize® has created a transformative new compute solution that unites silicon and software to optimize AI from the edge to the core. We’re partnering with customers to transform their products so they can deliver better experiences and better lives.

About Agriculture & Natural Solutions Acquisition

Agriculture & Natural Solutions Acquisition Corp. operates as a blank check company. It was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in New York, NY.