Financial Comparison: Aurora Innovation (NASDAQ:AUR) vs. Aspyra (OTCMKTS:APYI)

Aurora Innovation (NASDAQ:AUR) and Aspyra (OTCMKTS:APYI) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

Volatility and Risk

Aurora Innovation has a beta of 2.76, suggesting that its share price is 176% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aspyra has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

44.7% of Aurora Innovation shares are held by institutional investors. 13.8% of Aurora Innovation shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.9% of Aspyra 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Aurora Innovation and Aspyra, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aurora Innovation	1	1	1	0	2.00
Aspyra	0	0	0	0	N/A

Aurora Innovation presently has a consensus price target of $3.75, indicating a potential upside of 3.88%. Given Aurora Innovation’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Aurora Innovation is more favorable than Aspyra.

Profitability

This table compares Aurora Innovation and Aspyra’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aurora Innovation	N/A	-37.90%	-33.94%
Aspyra	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Aurora Innovation and Aspyra’s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aurora Innovation	$68.00 million	83.28	-$796.00 million	($0.55)	-6.56
Aspyra	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Aspyra has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Aurora Innovation.

Summary

Aurora Innovation beats Aspyra on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Aurora Innovation

Aurora Innovation, Inc. operates as a self-driving technology company in the United States. It focuses on developing Aurora Driver, a platform that brings a suite of self-driving hardware, software, and data services together to adapt and interoperate vehicles. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

About Aspyra

Aspyra Inc. provides health care products and services for the laboratory and imaging marketplaces. It offers engineered workflow solutions that include software, interfaces, hardware, and professional services to various markets comprising specialty labs, reference labs, clinics, hospitals, imaging centers, and orthopedic practices. The company was formerly known as Creative Computer Applications Inc. and changed its name to Aspyra Inc. in November 2005. Aspyra Inc. was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.