Critical Review: Airgain (NASDAQ:AIRG) & Powerstorm (OTCMKTS:PSTO)

Powerstorm (OTCMKTS:PSTO) and Airgain (NASDAQ:AIRG) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Powerstorm and Airgain, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Powerstorm	0	0	0	0	0.00
Airgain	1	0	4	0	2.60

Airgain has a consensus target price of $6.20, indicating a potential upside of 50.12%. Given Airgain’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Airgain is more favorable than Powerstorm.

Risk & Volatility

Powerstorm has a beta of -2.21, indicating that its share price is 321% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Airgain has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Powerstorm and Airgain’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Powerstorm	N/A	N/A	N/A
Airgain	-12.41%	-16.82%	-10.89%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

52.8% of Airgain shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.8% of Airgain shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Powerstorm and Airgain”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Powerstorm	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Airgain	$51.78 million	0.97	-$6.43 million	($0.53)	-7.79

Powerstorm has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Airgain.

Summary

Airgain beats Powerstorm on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Powerstorm

Powerstorm Holdings, Inc. operates a consortium of privately held sustainability-themed companies acquired for growth. Its scope of action targets SMEs in 5 themes, including real estate and heritage, telecom and fiber, power and alternative energy, food and aquatic innovation, and electric mobility. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Dover, Delaware.

About Airgain

Airgain, Inc. provides wireless connectivity solutions that creates and delivers embedded components, external antennas, and integrated systems worldwide. The company's products include MaxBeam embedded antennas; profile embedded antennas; profile contour embedded antennas; profile ceramic embedded antenna; ultra embedded antennas; and SmartMax embedded antennas. It offers embedded and NimbeLink embedded moderms; custom cellular solutions; cellular IoT development; cellular IoT development kits; and IoT data plans. In addition, the company provides 5G connectivity, smart repeaters, and fixed wireless access; asset tracking solutions, devices, and partners; and external antennas, fleet antennas, IoT antennas, network antennas, vehicle networking, partner solutions, and accessories. It offers its products under the Antenna Plus brand. It serves industrial, consumer, automotive fleet, enterprise, energy, medical, transportation, agriculture, services, and public safety markets. The company was formerly known as AM Group and changed its name to Airgain, Inc. in 2004. Airgain, Inc. was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.