Head-To-Head Comparison: Airship AI (NASDAQ:AISP) vs. Leafbuyer Technologies (OTCMKTS:LBUYD)

Leafbuyer Technologies (OTCMKTS:LBUYD) and Airship AI (NASDAQ:AISP) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

11.0% of Leafbuyer Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.9% of Airship AI shares are held by institutional investors. 25.8% of Leafbuyer Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 46.8% of Airship AI shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Leafbuyer Technologies and Airship AI”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Leafbuyer Technologies	$6.47 million	0.01	$260,000.00	N/A	N/A
Airship AI	$15.32 million	4.52	$29.32 million	($0.01)	-201.00

Airship AI has higher revenue and earnings than Leafbuyer Technologies.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Leafbuyer Technologies and Airship AI, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Leafbuyer Technologies	0	0	0	0	0.00
Airship AI	1	1	0	0	1.50

Airship AI has a consensus price target of $6.50, suggesting a potential upside of 223.38%. Given Airship AI’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Airship AI is more favorable than Leafbuyer Technologies.

Profitability

This table compares Leafbuyer Technologies and Airship AI’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Leafbuyer Technologies	2.66%	-8.43%	11.11%
Airship AI	30.26%	N/A	-136.39%

Risk and Volatility

Leafbuyer Technologies has a beta of 2.12, indicating that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Airship AI has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Airship AI beats Leafbuyer Technologies on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Leafbuyer Technologies

Leafbuyer Technologies, Inc., through its subsidiary, LB Media Group, LLC, provides online resources for cannabis deals and specials in the United States. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado.

About Airship AI

Airship AI Holdings, Inc. offers AI-driven video, sensor, and data management surveillance platform in the United States. The company provides Airship Acropolis OS, an IP and analog video surveillance; Airship Command, a suite of visualization tools that allows users to view data and evidence ingested from the edge; and Airship Outpost for high-definition recording with user defined low-bit rate video stream encoding. It serves government, public sector, law enforcement, military, and commercial enterprise organizations. The company was formerly known as Super Simple AI, Inc. and changed its name to Airship AI Holdings, Inc. in March 2023. Airship AI Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington.