Comparing Airship AI (NASDAQ:AISP) and Xperi (NYSE:XPER)
by Danessa Lincoln · The Markets DailyAirship AI (NASDAQ:AISP – Get Free Report) and Xperi (NYSE:XPER – Get Free Report) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Volatility & Risk
Airship AI has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xperi has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Airship AI and Xperi”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Airship AI | $15.32 million | 4.77 | $29.32 million | $0.67 | 3.16 |
| Xperi | $448.11 million | 0.59 | -$56.34 million | ($0.70) | -7.76 |
Airship AI has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Xperi. Xperi is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Airship AI, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Airship AI and Xperi, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Airship AI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
| Xperi | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.25 |
Airship AI presently has a consensus target price of $6.50, suggesting a potential upside of 206.60%. Xperi has a consensus target price of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 102.43%. Given Airship AI’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Airship AI is more favorable than Xperi.
Profitability
This table compares Airship AI and Xperi’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Airship AI | 144.60% | -19.13% | 18.72% |
| Xperi | -7.12% | 4.04% | 2.72% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
5.9% of Airship AI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of Xperi shares are held by institutional investors. 46.8% of Airship AI shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Xperi shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Airship AI beats Xperi on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Airship AI
Airship AI Holdings, Inc. offers AI-driven video, sensor, and data management surveillance platform in the United States. The company provides Airship Acropolis OS, an IP and analog video surveillance; Airship Command, a suite of visualization tools that allows users to view data and evidence ingested from the edge; and Airship Outpost for high-definition recording with user defined low-bit rate video stream encoding. It serves government, public sector, law enforcement, military, and commercial enterprise organizations. The company was formerly known as Super Simple AI, Inc. and changed its name to Airship AI Holdings, Inc. in March 2023. Airship AI Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington.
About Xperi
Xperi Holding Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a consumer and entertainment product/solutions licensing company worldwide. It operates through two segments, Product, and Intellectual Property Licensing. The company invents, develops, and delivers various technologies. It licenses audio, digital radio, imaging, edge-based machine learning, and multi-channel video user experience solutions to consumer electronics customers, automotive manufacturers, or supply chain partners. The company also provides licensing to multichannel video programming distributors, OTT video service providers, consumer electronics manufacturers, social media, and other new media companies in media industry; and memory, sensors, RF component, and foundry companies in semiconductor industry. It provides its technologies under the DTS, HD Radio, IMAX Enhanced, Invensas, TiVo, and Perceive brands. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California.