Banzai International (NASDAQ:BNZI – Get Free Report) and Altair Engineering (NASDAQ:ALTR – Get Free Report) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
96.8% of Banzai International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.4% of Altair Engineering shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.7% of Banzai International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.8% of Altair Engineering shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Banzai International and Altair Engineering, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Banzai International | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Altair Engineering | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
Profitability
This table compares Banzai International and Altair Engineering’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Banzai International | -544.83% | N/A | -315.92% |
| Altair Engineering | 5.10% | 7.49% | 4.26% |
Risk & Volatility
Banzai International has a beta of -0.53, meaning that its stock price is 153% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Altair Engineering has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Banzai International and Altair Engineering”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Banzai International | $4.31 million | 2.11 | -$14.41 million | N/A | N/A |
| Altair Engineering | $612.70 million | 14.61 | -$8.93 million | $0.38 | 276.85 |
Altair Engineering has higher revenue and earnings than Banzai International.
Summary
Altair Engineering beats Banzai International on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Banzai International
Banzai International, Inc., a marketing technology company, provides data-driven marketing and sales solutions for various businesses in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. Its products include Demio, a browser-based webinar platform with data and marketing features designed to help businesses engage with their audience through live events and on-demand, interactive video content; Boost, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution for social sharing by event registrants; and Reach, a SaaS and managed service to increase registration and attendance of marketing events. The company serves healthcare, financial services, e-commerce, technology, media, and other industries. Banzai International, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Bainbridge Island, Washington.
About Altair Engineering
Altair Engineering Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides software and cloud solutions in the areas of simulation and design, high-performance computing, data analytics, and artificial intelligence in the United States and internationally. It operates in two segments, Software and Client Engineering Services. The Software segment offers solvers and optimization technology products, high-performance computing software applications and hardware products, modeling and visualization tools, data analytics and analysis products, and Internet of Things platform and analytics tools, as well as support and the complementary software products. This segment also provides software technologies in the areas of computational fluid dynamics and fatigue, manufacturing process simulation, and cost estimation for the applications in automotive, marine, motorcycle, aerospace, chemical, and architecture industries; and software-related services, such as consulting, implementation, and training services that focuses on the product design and development expertise and analysis from the component level up to complete product engineering at various stage of the lifecycle. The Client Engineering Services segment provides client engineering services. In addition, the company is involved in the development and sale of solid state lighting technology along with communication and control protocols based on its intellectual property for the direct replacement of fluorescent tubes with LED lighting. Its integrated suite of software optimizes design performance across various disciplines, including structures, motion, fluids, thermal management, electromagnetics, system modeling, and embedded systems. The company serves universities, government agencies, manufacturers, pharmaceutical firms, banking, financial services, and insurance, weather prediction agencies, and electronics design companies. Altair Engineering Inc. was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in Troy, Michigan.
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