SentinelOne (NYSE:S) vs. SoundThinking (NASDAQ:SSTI) Head-To-Head Survey

SoundThinking (NASDAQ:SSTI) and SentinelOne (NYSE:S) are both technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for SoundThinking and SentinelOne, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SoundThinking	1	8	0	0	1.89
SentinelOne	1	13	18	0	2.53

SoundThinking presently has a consensus target price of $9.79, indicating a potential upside of 18.61%. SentinelOne has a consensus target price of $24.61, indicating a potential upside of 5.24%. Given SoundThinking’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SoundThinking is more favorable than SentinelOne.

Risk and Volatility

SoundThinking has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SentinelOne has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

60.7% of SoundThinking shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.9% of SentinelOne shares are held by institutional investors. 10.9% of SoundThinking shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of SentinelOne shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares SoundThinking and SentinelOne”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SoundThinking	$104.13 million	1.03	-$9.42 million	($1.29)	-6.40
SentinelOne	$1.00 billion	8.13	-$450.73 million	($1.01)	-23.15

SoundThinking has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SentinelOne. SentinelOne is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SoundThinking, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares SoundThinking and SentinelOne’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SoundThinking	-16.92%	-23.77%	-12.90%
SentinelOne	-30.95%	-15.73%	-9.62%

Summary

SentinelOne beats SoundThinking on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About SoundThinking

SoundThinking, Inc. is a public safety technology company that provides data-driven tools to help law enforcement and other public safety organizations detect, analyze and respond to crime. The company’s platform combines acoustic sensors, artificial intelligence, data analytics and investigative software to support emergency response, investigations and resource allocation. Its flagship ShotSpotter service uses a network of acoustic sensors and machine-learning technology to detect, locate and analyze suspected gunfire, helping agencies identify incidents that may not be reported through emergency calls.

About SentinelOne

SentinelOne, Inc. is a cybersecurity company that develops software to help organizations detect, prevent and respond to cyber threats. Its Singularity platform uses artificial intelligence and automation to protect endpoints, cloud workloads and identities, and to support security operations. The platform includes endpoint protection and detection, cloud security, threat hunting and incident response capabilities. SentinelOne also offers security information and event management tools and Purple AI, which helps security teams investigate threats using natural-language queries.