SmartKem (NASDAQ:SMTK) & Ambarella (NASDAQ:AMBA) Critical Survey

Ambarella (NASDAQ:AMBA) and SmartKem (NASDAQ:SMTK) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

82.1% of Ambarella shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Ambarella shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of SmartKem shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

Ambarella has a beta of 1.97, indicating that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SmartKem has a beta of 5.23, indicating that its stock price is 423% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Ambarella and SmartKem’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ambarella	-21.31%	-13.02%	-10.52%
SmartKem	-6,262.36%	-610.88%	-199.55%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Ambarella and SmartKem, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ambarella	1	4	7	2	2.71
SmartKem	1	0	0	0	1.00

Ambarella presently has a consensus price target of $96.00, indicating a potential upside of 50.85%. Given Ambarella’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Ambarella is more favorable than SmartKem.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Ambarella and SmartKem”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ambarella	$284.86 million	9.62	-$117.13 million	($1.88)	-33.85
SmartKem	$80,000.00	30.42	-$10.33 million	($2.27)	-0.17

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

Summary

Ambarella beats SmartKem on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Ambarella

Ambarella, Inc. develops semiconductor solutions that enable high-definition (HD) and ultra HD compression, image signal processing, and artificial intelligence processing worldwide. The company's system-on-a-chip designs integrated HD video processing, image processing, artificial intelligence computer vision algorithms, audio processing, and system functions onto a single chip for delivering video and image quality, differentiated functionality, and low power consumption. Its solutions are used in automotive cameras, such as automotive video recorders, electronic mirrors, front advanced driver assistance system camera, cabin monitoring system and driver monitoring system camera, and central domain controllers for autonomous vehicle; enterprise and public class, and home security camera; and robotics and industrial application, including identification/authentication cameras, robotic products, and sensing cameras, as well as cameras for the enterprise, home, public spaces, and consumer leisure comprising wearable body cameras, sports action cameras, social media cameras, drones for capturing aerial video or photographs, video conferencing, and virtual reality applications. The company sells its solutions to original design manufacturers and original equipment manufacturers through its direct sales force and distributors. Ambarella, Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

About SmartKem

SmartKem, Inc. develops electronics transistors using its proprietary advanced semiconductor materials. Its technology can be used in a range of applications including next generation MicroLED, LCD and AMOLED displays, as well as advanced computer and AI chip packaging, and a new type of sensor. The company was founded on September 21, 2018 and is headquartered in Blackley, the United Kingdom.