Critical Comparison: Metal Sky Star Acquisition (NASDAQ:MSSA) and Blaize (NASDAQ:BZAI)

Metal Sky Star Acquisition (NASDAQ:MSSA) and Blaize (NASDAQ:BZAI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability and risk.

Volatility & Risk

Metal Sky Star Acquisition has a beta of -0.06, indicating that its share price is 106% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blaize has a beta of 0.03, indicating that its share price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

49.7% of Metal Sky Star Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.1% of Blaize shares are held by institutional investors. 50.0% of Metal Sky Star Acquisition shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 68.5% of Blaize shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Metal Sky Star Acquisition and Blaize’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Metal Sky Star Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A
Blaize	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Metal Sky Star Acquisition and Blaize, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Metal Sky Star Acquisition	0	0	0	0	0.00
Blaize	0	1	1	1	3.00

Blaize has a consensus price target of $5.83, indicating a potential upside of 131.48%. Given Blaize’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Blaize is more favorable than Metal Sky Star Acquisition.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Metal Sky Star Acquisition and Blaize”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Metal Sky Star Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Blaize	$458,000.00	559.48	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Blaize beats Metal Sky Star Acquisition on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Metal Sky Star Acquisition

Metal Sky Star Acquisition Corporation does not have significant operations. It intends to effect a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is based in New York, New York.

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.