Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) vs. Ainos (NASDAQ:AIMD) Financial Survey

Ainos (NASDAQ:AIMD) and Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) are both technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

76.4% of Dell Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.8% of Ainos shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 41.5% of Dell Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

Ainos has a beta of 2.65, meaning that its stock price is 165% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dell Technologies has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Ainos and Dell Technologies”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ainos	$13,600.00	370.83	-$14.77 million	($2.52)	-0.27
Dell Technologies	$113.54 billion	1.77	$5.94 billion	$17.23	18.33

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

Profitability

This table compares Ainos and Dell Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ainos	N/A	-217.50%	-67.87%
Dell Technologies	7.53%	-578.85%	10.64%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Ainos and Dell Technologies, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ainos	1	0	0	0	1.00
Dell Technologies	0	9	26	1	2.78

Dell Technologies has a consensus target price of $569.96, indicating a potential upside of 80.46%. Given Dell Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Dell Technologies is more favorable than Ainos.

Summary

Dell Technologies beats Ainos on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Ainos

Ainos, Inc., a healthcare company, engages in developing medical technologies for point-of-care testing and safe and novel medical treatment for disease indications. The company offers COVID-19 antigen rapid test kit and Ainos’ cloud-based test management App, a cloud-based test management platform comprising an antigen rapid test kit, a personal application, and an enterprise app; COVID-19 nucleic acid test; volatile organic compounds point-of-care testing; Very Low-Dose Oral Interferon Alpha, a low-dose oral interferon alpha formulation based IFN-a’s broad treatment applications; and Synthetic RNA developing a SRNA technology platform in Taiwan. It also provides women’s health, pneumonia, Ainos Pen, AI Nose, and other products. Ainos, Inc. was formerly known as Amarillo Biosciences, Inc. and changed its name to Ainos, Inc. in May 2021. The company was incorporated in 1984 and is based in San Diego, California.

About Dell Technologies

Dell Technologies Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, markets, sells, and supports various comprehensive and integrated solutions, products, and services in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) and Client Solutions Group (CSG). The ISG segment provides modern and traditional storage solutions, including all-flash arrays, scale-out file, object platforms, hyper-converged infrastructure, and software-defined storage; and general-purpose and AI-optimized servers. This segment also offers networking products and services comprising wide area network infrastructure, data center and edge networking switches, and cables and optics that help its business customers to transform and modernize their infrastructure, mobilize and enrich end-user experiences, and accelerate business applications and processes; software and peripherals; and consulting, support, and deployment services. The CSG segment provides desktops, workstations, and notebooks; displays, docking stations, keyboards, mice, webcam, and audio devices; and third-party software and peripherals, as well as configuration, support and deployment, and extended warranty services. It is involved in cybersecurity technology-driven security solutions to prevent security breaches, detect malicious activity, respond rapidly when a security breach occurs, and identify emerging threats; originating, collecting, and servicing customer financing arrangements; and the resale of VMware products and services. The company serves enterprises, public institutions, and small and medium-sized businesses through its direct sales channel, value-added resellers, system integrators, distributors, and retailers. The company was formerly known as Denali Holding Inc. and changed its name to Dell Technologies Inc. in August 2016. Dell Technologies Inc. was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Round Rock, Texas.