GigCapital7 (NASDAQ:GIG) vs. Blaize (NASDAQ:BZAI) Financial Contrast

GigCapital7 (NASDAQ:GIG) and Blaize (NASDAQ:BZAI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares GigCapital7 and Blaize”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
GigCapital7	N/A	N/A	$2.38 million	$0.09	117.11
Blaize	$1.55 million	159.68	-$4.11 million	($0.71)	-3.14

GigCapital7 has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Blaize. Blaize is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GigCapital7, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk and Volatility

GigCapital7 has a beta of 0.05, suggesting that its stock price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blaize has a beta of 0.34, suggesting that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for GigCapital7 and Blaize, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GigCapital7	1	0	0	0	1.00
Blaize	1	1	4	1	2.71

Blaize has a consensus price target of $7.60, suggesting a potential upside of 240.81%. Given Blaize’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Blaize is more favorable than GigCapital7.

Profitability

This table compares GigCapital7 and Blaize’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GigCapital7	N/A	N/A	N/A
Blaize	N/A	N/A	-31.40%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

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

Summary

Blaize beats GigCapital7 on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About GigCapital7

GigCapital7 Corp. is a blank check company or special purpose acquisition company. It was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The company was founded by Avishay S. Katz and Raluca Dinu on May 8, 2024 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

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.