Blaize (NASDAQ:BZAI – Get Free Report) and HORIBA (OTCMKTS:HRIBF – Get Free Report) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.
Profitability
This table compares Blaize and HORIBA’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Blaize | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| HORIBA | 11.49% | 12.45% | 7.91% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Blaize and HORIBA”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Blaize | $458,000.00 | 539.50 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| HORIBA | $2.10 billion | 1.22 | $286.14 million | $5.26 | 11.60 |
HORIBA has higher revenue and earnings than Blaize.
Risk and Volatility
Blaize has a beta of 0.03, indicating that its stock price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HORIBA has a beta of 0.13, indicating that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings for Blaize and HORIBA, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Blaize | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.00 |
| HORIBA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Blaize presently has a consensus price target of $5.83, indicating a potential upside of 140.05%. Given Blaize’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Blaize is more favorable than HORIBA.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
97.1% of Blaize shares are held by institutional investors. 68.5% of Blaize shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Blaize beats HORIBA on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About HORIBA
HORIBA, Ltd. manufactures and sells instruments and systems worldwide. The company operates in five segments: Automotive, Environment/Process, Medical, Semiconductor, and Scientific. The Automotive segment offers engine emission measurement devices; in-use vehicle emission measurement devices; on-board emission measurement devices; in-vehicle exhaust gas measuring devices; driveline test systems; engine test systems; brake test systems; fuel cell test devices; battery test devices; and vehicle development engineering and test engineering services, as well as leases and manages research and development facilities. The Environment/Process segment provides flue gas analyzers, water quality measuring devices, air pollution monitoring analyzers, environmental radiation measuring instruments, and process measurement equipment. The Medical segment offers hematology and CRP, immunology, clinical chemistry, and blood glucose analyzers, blood cell counters, biochemical testing devices, blood glucose testing devices, as well as coagulation/hemostasis analyzers. The Semiconductor segment provides mass flow controllers, chemical concentration monitors, semiconductor contaminant inspection equipment, and residual gas analyzer. The Scientific segment offers Raman spectrometers, pH meters, water quality measuring devices, particle size distribution measuring devices, X -ray fluorescence analyzers, elemental analyzers, fluorescence spectroscopy/lifetime measurement devices, spectrometer/detectors, and gratings. It also engages in the fund management, software development, and automation software for engine. The company’s products are used in arts, entertainment, and recreation; education, research and development, and government institution; food and beverage; energy and environment; health care; industrials; information technology; water; materials; mobility and transport; and waste management applications. HORIBA, Ltd. was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.
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