C3.ai (NYSE:AI – Get Free Report) and American Noble Gas (NYSE:INFY – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
39.0% of C3.ai shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.2% of American Noble Gas shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.5% of C3.ai shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.4% of American Noble Gas shares are owned 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.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for C3.ai and American Noble Gas, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| C3.ai | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1.86 |
| American Noble Gas | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2.23 |
Profitability
This table compares C3.ai and American Noble Gas’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| C3.ai | -92.08% | -40.69% | -33.35% |
| American Noble Gas | 16.58% | 29.40% | 18.87% |
Risk and Volatility
C3.ai has a beta of 1.96, meaning that its stock price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Noble Gas has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares C3.ai and American Noble Gas”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| C3.ai | $389.06 million | 5.10 | -$288.70 million | ($2.60) | -5.53 |
| American Noble Gas | $19.69 billion | 3.68 | $3.16 billion | $0.78 | 22.38 |
American Noble Gas has higher revenue and earnings than C3.ai. C3.ai is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Noble Gas, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
American Noble Gas beats C3.ai on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About C3.ai
C3.ai, Inc. operates as an enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) software company in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company provides C3 AI platform, an application development and runtime environment that enables customers to design, develop, and deploy enterprise AI applications; C3 AI Ex Machina for analysis-ready data; C3 AI CRM, an industry specific customer relationship management solution; and C3 Generative AI Product Suite that enables to locate, retrieve, and present information. It also offers C3 AI applications, including C3 AI Inventory Optimization, a solution to optimize raw material, in-process, and finished goods inventory levels; C3 AI Supply Network Risk, which identifies emerging inbound and outbound risks across the network; C3 AI Sustainability Suite, which helps to decrease greenhouse gas emission; C3 AI Production Schedule Optimization, a solution for scheduling production; C3 AI Financial Services Suite, which helps to minimize compliance risks; and C3 AI Energy Management solution. In addition, it offers integrated turnkey enterprise AI applications for oil and gas, chemicals, utilities, manufacturing, financial services, defense, intelligence, aerospace, healthcare, and telecommunications market. It has strategic partnerships with Baker Hughes in the areas of oil and gas market; Booz Allen to provide solutions to government, defense, and intelligence sectors; Raytheon; and AWS, Google, and Microsoft. The company was formerly known as C3 IoT, Inc. and changed its name to C3.ai, Inc. in June 2019. C3.ai, Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California.
About American Noble Gas
Infosys Ltd. is a digital services and consulting company, which engages in the provision of end-to-end business solutions. It operates through the following segments: Financial Services, Retail, Communication, Energy, Utilities, Resources, and Services, Manufacturing, Hi-Tech, Life Sciences, and All Other. The company was founded by Dinesh Krishnan Swamy, Senapathy Gopalakrishnan, Narayana Ramarao Nagavara Murthy, Raghavan N. S., Ashok Arora, Nandan M. Nilekani, and S. D. Shibulal on July 2, 1981 and is headquartered in Bangalore, India.
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