Head-To-Head Survey: IonQ (NYSE:IONQ) & One Stop Systems (NASDAQ:OSS)

IonQ (NYSE:IONQ) and One Stop Systems (NASDAQ:OSS) are both technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for IonQ and One Stop Systems, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IonQ	1	4	10	0	2.60
One Stop Systems	1	1	3	1	2.67

IonQ presently has a consensus target price of $63.33, suggesting a potential upside of 102.49%. One Stop Systems has a consensus target price of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 170.73%. Given One Stop Systems’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe One Stop Systems is more favorable than IonQ.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

41.4% of IonQ shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.7% of One Stop Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of IonQ shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of One Stop Systems shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

IonQ has a beta of 3.36, suggesting that its share price is 236% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, One Stop Systems has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares IonQ and One Stop Systems”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
IonQ	$246.47 million	48.35	-$510.38 million	($4.66)	-6.71
One Stop Systems	$32.22 million	4.57	$5.09 million	$0.05	118.20

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

Profitability

This table compares IonQ and One Stop Systems’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IonQ	-553.27%	-22.29%	-13.20%
One Stop Systems	2.67%	2.22%	1.71%

Summary

One Stop Systems beats IonQ on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About IonQ

IonQ, Inc. engages in the development of general-purpose quantum computing systems in the United States. It sells access to quantum computers of various qubit capacities. The company makes access to its quantum computers through cloud platforms, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) Amazon Braket, Microsoft’s Azure Quantum, and Google’s Cloud Marketplace, as well as through its cloud service. It also provides contracts associated with the design, development, and construction of specialized quantum computing hardware systems; maintenance and support services; and consulting services related to co-developing algorithms on quantum computing systems. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in College Park, Maryland.

About One Stop Systems

One Stop Systems, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of high-performance compute, high speed storage hardware and software, switch fabrics, and systems for edge deployments in the United States and internationally. The company's systems are built using the central processing unit, graphical processing unit, high-speed switch fabrics, and flash storage technologies. It provides custom servers, data acquisition platforms, compute accelerators, solid-state storage arrays, and system I/O expansion systems, as well as edge optimized industrial and panel PCs, tablets, and handheld compute devices. The company also offers ruggedized mobile tablets and handhelds that meet the specialized requirement for devices deployed at the edge in a diverse set of environmental conditions. It sells its products to multinational companies, governmental agencies, military contractors, military services, and technology providers through its website, web store, direct sales team, and original equipment manufacturer focused sales, as well as through a network of resellers and distributors. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Escondido, California.