SEA (NYSE:SE) & AEye (NASDAQ:LIDR) Head to Head Contrast

SEA (NYSE:SE) and AEye (NASDAQ:LIDR) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

59.5% of SEA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.6% of AEye shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of SEA shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of AEye shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for SEA and AEye, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SEA	0	4	9	1	2.79
AEye	1	0	2	0	2.33

SEA presently has a consensus target price of $155.54, suggesting a potential upside of 51.42%. AEye has a consensus target price of $4.75, suggesting a potential upside of 236.88%. Given AEye’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AEye is more favorable than SEA.

Volatility and Risk

SEA has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AEye has a beta of 2.79, suggesting that its stock price is 179% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares SEA and AEye”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SEA	$22.94 billion	2.74	$1.58 billion	$2.54	40.44
AEye	$230,000.00	283.90	-$33.96 million	($1.13)	-1.25

SEA has higher revenue and earnings than AEye. AEye is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SEA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares SEA and AEye’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SEA	6.41%	14.12%	5.76%
AEye	-12,698.89%	-49.42%	-42.66%

Summary

SEA beats AEye on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About SEA

Sea Ltd. is an internet and mobile platform company, which engages in the provision of online gaming services. It operates through the following segments: Digital Entertainment, E-Commerce, and Digital Financial Services. The Digital Entertainment segment offers and develops mobile and PC online games. The E-Commerce segment manages a third-party marketplace through the Shopee mobile app and websites that connect buyers and sellers. The Digital Financial Services segment includes a variety of payment services and loans to individuals and businesses through SeaMoney. Sea was founded by Xiao Dong Li, Gang Ye, and Jing Ye Chen on May 8, 2009 and is headquartered in Singapore.

About AEye

AEye, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides lidar systems for vehicle autonomy, advanced driver-assistance systems, and robotic vision applications in the United States, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. It offers 4Sight intelligent sensing lidar platform, including 4Sight at Design, Triggered 4Sight, Responsive 4Sight, and Predictive 4Sight; and 4Sight for automotive and industrial market. The company was formerly known as CF Finance Acquisition Corp. III and changed its name to AEye, Inc. in August 2021. AEye, Inc. was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Dublin, California.