Reviewing Veea (NASDAQ:VEEA) and NETGEAR (NASDAQ:NTGR)

NETGEAR (NASDAQ:NTGR) and Veea (NASDAQ:VEEA) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and risk.

Profitability

This table compares NETGEAR and Veea’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NETGEAR	-3.71%	-2.79%	-1.67%
Veea	N/A	N/A	-41.65%

Risk and Volatility

NETGEAR has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Veea has a beta of 0.29, indicating that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

83.0% of NETGEAR shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.9% of Veea shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of NETGEAR shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 60.8% of Veea shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for NETGEAR and Veea, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NETGEAR	1	1	2	0	2.25
Veea	1	0	0	0	1.00

NETGEAR presently has a consensus price target of $33.50, suggesting a potential upside of 45.15%. Given NETGEAR’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe NETGEAR is more favorable than Veea.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares NETGEAR and Veea”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NETGEAR	$699.62 million	0.90	-$17.92 million	($0.93)	-24.82
Veea	$220,000.00	65.17	-$6.66 million	($5.20)	-0.89

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

Summary

NETGEAR beats Veea on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About NETGEAR

NETGEAR, Inc. provides connectivity solutions the Americas; Europe, the Middle East, Africa; and the Asia Pacific. The company operates in two segments, Connected Home, and NETGEAR for Business. The Connected Home segment offers Wi-Fi routers and home Wi-Fi mesh systems, Wi-Fi hotspots, digital displays, broadband modems, Wi-Fi gateways, Wi-Fi range extenders, powerline adapters, and Wi-Fi network adapters; and provides value-added service offerings, including security and privacy, technical support, and parental controls. The NETGEAR for Business segment provides pro AV Solutions; pro routers; enterprise grade cloud managed or standalone access points; general purpose ethernet switches; NETGEAR Insight remote management software; and NETGEAR engage controller. It markets and sells its products through wholesale distributors, traditional and online retailers, direct market resellers, value-added resellers, and broadband service providers, as well as through its direct online store. The company was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

About Veea

Veea Inc. provides computing, multiaccess multiprotocol communications, edge storage, and cybersecurity solutions. The company offers multiaccess edge computing (MEC) platform that redefines connectivity and computing at the edge by integrating functions of servers, network attached storage (NAS), routers, firewalls, Wi-Fi Access Points, IoT gateways, and 4G and 5G connections; and Veea Edge Platform enables direct connections from the optical fiber, cellular, and satellite networks. It also provides VeeaHub STAX, an edge computing product integrated with wireless access, including Wi-Fi 6; VeeaHub that offers connectivity options for pro indoor smart edge applications; and VeeaHub Outdoor that integrates with wireless connectivity for smart edge applications in outdoor and industrial environments. The company also offers TROLLEE, a smart shopping cart platform; the VeeaHub toolkit; and Veea AdEdge, an advertising platform. Veea Inc. was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, New York.