Critical Comparison: Airship AI (AISP) versus Its Peers

Airship AI (NASDAQ:AISP) is one of 954 publicly-traded companies in the “Software” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Airship AI to related companies based on the strength of its risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Airship AI and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Airship AI	$23.20 million	$29.32 million	2.17
Airship AI Competitors	$1.81 billion	$385.28 million	109.05

Airship AI’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Airship AI. Airship AI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for Airship AI and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Airship AI	1	1	0	0	1.50
Airship AI Competitors	5781	21584	44977	1500	2.57

Airship AI currently has a consensus price target of $6.50, suggesting a potential upside of 289.22%. As a group, “Software” companies have a potential upside of 28.02%. Given Airship AI’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Airship AI is more favorable than its competitors.

Volatility & Risk

Airship AI has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Airship AI’s competitors have a beta of 1.34, indicating that their average share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Airship AI and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Airship AI	126.92%	-19.13%	-19.92%
Airship AI Competitors	-607.19%	26.73%	-8.88%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

5.9% of Airship AI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.9% of shares of all “Software” companies are held by institutional investors. 46.8% of Airship AI shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.9% of shares of all “Software” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Airship AI competitors beat Airship AI on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

About Airship AI

Airship AI Holdings, Inc. is an artificial intelligence and computer-vision company that develops solutions for managing, analyzing and securing data from video cameras, sensors and other connected devices. Its technology is designed to help organizations convert large volumes of visual and sensor data into actionable intelligence. The company’s product portfolio includes the Acropolis platform, which supports the collection, management and analysis of data from distributed sensors and cameras, as well as edge-computing hardware and software designed to process information closer to where it is generated.