Head-To-Head Survey: GigCapital7 (NASDAQ:GIG) & Blaize (NASDAQ:BZAI)

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

Volatility & Risk

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

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares GigCapital7 and Blaize”s top-line 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	117.44
Blaize	$1.55 million	161.83	-$4.11 million	($0.71)	-3.18

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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for GigCapital7 and Blaize, as reported by MarketBeat.

	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, indicating a potential upside of 236.28%. Given Blaize’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

97.1% of Blaize shares are held by institutional investors. 26.5% of GigCapital7 shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.4% of Blaize shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Blaize beats GigCapital7 on 7 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.