Kubient (NASDAQ:KBNT) versus Arbe Robotics (NASDAQ:ARBE) Financial Review

Kubient (NASDAQ:KBNT) and Arbe Robotics (NASDAQ:ARBE) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Volatility & Risk

Kubient has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arbe Robotics has a beta of -0.15, suggesting that its stock price is 115% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Kubient and Arbe Robotics’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kubient	N/A	N/A	N/A
Arbe Robotics	-2,959.18%	-69.50%	-59.52%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

13.9% of Kubient shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.4% of Arbe Robotics shares are held by institutional investors. 22.3% of Kubient shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 53.5% of Arbe Robotics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Kubient and Arbe Robotics, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kubient	0	0	0	0	N/A
Arbe Robotics	0	0	0	0	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Kubient and Arbe Robotics’ gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kubient	$1.17 million	0.01	-$13.62 million	($0.87)	0.00
Arbe Robotics	$1.47 million	102.16	-$43.50 million	($0.73)	-2.63

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

Summary

Kubient beats Arbe Robotics on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Kubient

Kubient, Inc. develops a cloud-based software platform for digital advertising industry. It develops Audience Marketplace, a platform for real-time trading of digital, programmatic advertising. The company's platform allows advertisers and publishers the ability to use machine learning during programmatic advertising inventory auction. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in New York, New York.

About Arbe Robotics

Arbe Robotics Ltd., a semiconductor company, provides 4D imaging radar solutions for tier 1 automotive suppliers and automotive manufacturers in China, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, the United States, Italy, and Israel. It offers 4D imaging radar chipset solutions that address the core issues that have caused autonomous vehicle and autopilot accidents, such as detecting stationary objects, identifying vulnerable road users, operation at poor lighting conditions, and eliminating false alarms without radar ambiguities. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.