Kaltura (NASDAQ:KLTR – Get Free Report) and A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions (NASDAQ:AZ – Get Free Report) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Risk & Volatility
Kaltura has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
30.8% of Kaltura shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.6% of A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.5% of Kaltura shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 28.0% of A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Kaltura | $180.85 million | 1.05 | -$12.07 million | ($0.08) | -16.00 |
| A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions | $7.90 million | 42.79 | -$37.74 million | ($1.03) | -7.37 |
Kaltura has higher revenue and earnings than A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions. Kaltura is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Kaltura and A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Kaltura | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.25 |
Kaltura currently has a consensus target price of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 134.38%. A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions has a consensus target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 97.63%. Given Kaltura’s higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Kaltura is more favorable than A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions.
Profitability
This table compares Kaltura and A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Kaltura | -6.68% | -21.39% | -2.00% |
| A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions | -466.81% | -71.13% | -58.65% |
Summary
Kaltura beats A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Kaltura
Kaltura, Inc. provides various software-as-a-service (SaaS) products and solutions and a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Enterprise, Education, and Technology (EE&T); and Media and Telecom (M&T). It offers video products, such as virtual and hybrid events, webinars, video portals, online learning, and content portals for training, marketing, virtual and hybrid events, communication, collaboration, sales, and customer care; and education solutions, such as learning management system video and lecture capture solutions. The company also provides online video experiences, including for over-the-top (OTT) television, cloud TV, web video publishing, video-based teaching, learning, training, video-based marketing, and video-based collaboration. In addition, it offers application programming interfaces (APIs), software development kits, and experience components, including live, real-time and on-demand video, ingestion, transcoding, enrichment, management, distribution, engagement, monetization, and deep viewer analytics, as well as video player, video editor, video capture tool, and chat and networking widgets. The company serves a range of industries, including financial services, high technology, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, education, public sector, media, telecommunications, information technology (IT) and professional services, retail, and manufacturing. Kaltura, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
About A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions
A2Z Smart Technologies Corp., a technology company, focuses on the development and commercialization of retail smart cart solutions for grocery stores and supermarkets in Israel and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Precision Metal Parts, Advanced Engineering, and Smart Carts. It offers Cust2Mate system, which incorporates a smart cart that automatically calculates the value of the customers purchases in their smart cart without having to unload and reload their purchases at a customer checkout point. The company also manufactures and sells precision metal parts; provides retail automation solutions; and develops Fuel Tank Inertia Capsule System technology (FTICS), a vehicle device cover for the military and civilian automotive industry. In addition, it provides maintenance services utilizing the application of advanced engineering capabilities to the military and security markets, as well as develops related products for the civilian and retail markets; container leasing services; and maintenance services for complex electronic systems and products. It serves its products to grocery stores, hardware stores, household essentials, do it yourself (DIY) retailers, discount stores, warehouse stores, convenience stores, drug stores, duty free shops, and similar outlets. The company is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
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