Head-To-Head Survey: AEye (NASDAQ:LIDR) and Digerati Technologies (OTCMKTS:DTGI)

Digerati Technologies (OTCMKTS:DTGI) and AEye (NASDAQ:LIDR) 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, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Digerati Technologies and AEye, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Digerati Technologies	0	0	0	0	0.00
AEye	1	0	1	0	2.00

AEye has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 156.41%. Given AEye’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AEye is more favorable than Digerati Technologies.

Volatility & Risk

Digerati Technologies has a beta of -0.07, suggesting that its stock price is 107% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AEye has a beta of 2.94, suggesting that its stock price is 194% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

21.6% of AEye shares are held by institutional investors. 25.6% of Digerati Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of AEye shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Digerati Technologies and AEye’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Digerati Technologies	-3.56%	N/A	N/A
AEye	-19,320.88%	-102.95%	-74.93%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Digerati Technologies and AEye”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Digerati Technologies	$22.76 million	0.15	-$810,000.00	$0.01	1.46
AEye	$200,000.00	527.20	-$35.46 million	($2.17)	-1.08

Digerati Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than AEye. AEye is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Digerati Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Digerati Technologies beats AEye on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Digerati Technologies

Digerati Technologies, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides a portfolio of Internet-based telephony products and services through its cloud application platform and session-based communication network in the United States. The company offers Internet broadband, fiber, mobile broadband, and cloud wide area network (WAN) or software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) solutions; cloud communication services, including fully hosted IP/PBX, video conferencing, mobile applications, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) transport, session initiation protocol (SIP) trunking, call center applications, auto attendant, voice and web conferencing, call recording, messaging, voicemail to email conversion, integrated mobility applications, and customized VoIP services; and remote network monitoring, data backup, and disaster recovery services, as well as enterprise-class data and connectivity solutions, such as cloud WAN or SD-WAN, fiber, mobile broadband, and Ethernet over copper services. It primarily serves small to medium-sized enterprise customers through distributors and value-added resellers. The company was formerly known as ATSI Communications Inc. and changed its name to Digerati Technologies, Inc. in March 2011. Digerati Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.

About AEye

AEye, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides lidar systems for vehicle autonomy, advanced driver-assistance systems, and robotic vision applications in the United States, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. It offers 4Sight intelligent sensing lidar platform, including 4Sight at Design, Triggered 4Sight, Responsive 4Sight, and Predictive 4Sight; and 4Sight for automotive and industrial market. The company was formerly known as CF Finance Acquisition Corp. III and changed its name to AEye, Inc. in August 2021. AEye, Inc. was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Dublin, California.