Veea (NASDAQ:VEEA – Get Free Report) and Phunware (NASDAQ:PHUN – Get Free Report) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
Volatility & Risk
Veea has a beta of 0.18, suggesting that its stock price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Phunware has a beta of 2.63, suggesting that its stock price is 163% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
25.9% of Veea shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.6% of Phunware shares are held by institutional investors. 60.8% of Veea shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Phunware shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Veea | $265,590.00 | 130.20 | -$47.55 million | $0.01 | 68.94 |
| Phunware | $2.55 million | 16.79 | -$11.40 million | ($0.57) | -3.72 |
Phunware has higher revenue and earnings than Veea. Phunware is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Veea, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings for Veea and Phunware, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Veea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Phunware | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
Phunware has a consensus price target of $7.25, suggesting a potential upside of 241.98%. Given Phunware’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Phunware is more favorable than Veea.
Profitability
This table compares Veea and Phunware’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Veea | -804.53% | N/A | -0.37% |
| Phunware | -446.57% | -10.23% | -9.14% |
About Veea
Veea Inc. provides computing, multiaccess multiprotocol communications, edge storage, and cybersecurity solutions. The company offers multiaccess edge computing (MEC) platform that redefines connectivity and computing at the edge by integrating functions of servers, network attached storage (NAS), routers, firewalls, Wi-Fi Access Points, IoT gateways, and 4G and 5G connections; and Veea Edge Platform enables direct connections from the optical fiber, cellular, and satellite networks. It also provides VeeaHub STAX, an edge computing product integrated with wireless access, including Wi-Fi 6; VeeaHub that offers connectivity options for pro indoor smart edge applications; and VeeaHub Outdoor that integrates with wireless connectivity for smart edge applications in outdoor and industrial environments. The company also offers TROLLEE, a smart shopping cart platform; the VeeaHub toolkit; and Veea AdEdge, an advertising platform. Veea Inc. was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
About Phunware
Phunware, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides integrated software platform that equips companies with the products, solutions, and services to engage, manage, and monetize their mobile application portfolios in the United States and internationally. The company's products and services include mobile software and application transaction solutions comprise integration of software development kit (SDK) licenses, which consists of analytics that offers data related to application use and engagement; content management that allows application administrators to create and manage app content in a cloud-based portal; alerts, notifications, and messaging, which enables brands to send messages; marketing automation that enables location-triggered messages and workflow; advertising; and location-based services, such as mapping, navigation, wayfinding, workflow, asset management, and policy enforcement. It is also involved in the integration of its SDK licenses into existing applications maintained by its customers, as well as custom application development and support services; and provision of cloud-based vertical solutions for healthcare, retail, sports, aviation, real estate, hospitality, education, and other applications, as well as application transactions, including re-occurring and one-time transactional media purchases for application discovery, user acquisition and audience building, audience engagement, and audience monetization. Phunware, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
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