Comparing Leafbuyer Technologies (OTCMKTS:LBUYD) and Airship AI (NASDAQ:AISP)

Leafbuyer Technologies (OTCMKTS:LBUYD) and Airship AI (NASDAQ:AISP) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and valuation.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

11.0% of Leafbuyer Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.9% of Airship AI shares are held by institutional investors. 25.8% of Leafbuyer Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 46.8% of Airship AI 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.

Risk & Volatility

Leafbuyer Technologies has a beta of 2.12, suggesting that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Airship AI has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Leafbuyer Technologies and Airship AI’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Leafbuyer Technologies	2.66%	-8.43%	11.11%
Airship AI	30.26%	N/A	-136.39%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Leafbuyer Technologies and Airship AI”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Leafbuyer Technologies	$6.47 million	0.01	$260,000.00	N/A	N/A
Airship AI	$15.32 million	4.52	$29.32 million	($0.01)	-201.00

Airship AI has higher revenue and earnings than Leafbuyer Technologies.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Leafbuyer Technologies and Airship AI, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Leafbuyer Technologies	0	0	0	0	0.00
Airship AI	1	1	0	0	1.50

Airship AI has a consensus price target of $6.50, indicating a potential upside of 223.38%. Given Airship AI’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Airship AI is more favorable than Leafbuyer Technologies.

Summary

Airship AI beats Leafbuyer Technologies on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Leafbuyer Technologies

Leafbuyer Technologies, Inc., through its subsidiary, LB Media Group, LLC, provides online resources for cannabis deals and specials in the United States. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado.

About Airship AI

Airship AI Holdings, Inc. offers AI-driven video, sensor, and data management surveillance platform in the United States. The company provides Airship Acropolis OS, an IP and analog video surveillance; Airship Command, a suite of visualization tools that allows users to view data and evidence ingested from the edge; and Airship Outpost for high-definition recording with user defined low-bit rate video stream encoding. It serves government, public sector, law enforcement, military, and commercial enterprise organizations. The company was formerly known as Super Simple AI, Inc. and changed its name to Airship AI Holdings, Inc. in March 2023. Airship AI Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington.