Reviewing CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) and Amesite (NASDAQ:AMST)

Amesite (NASDAQ:AMST) and CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

3.6% of Amesite shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.2% of CrowdStrike shares are held by institutional investors. 37.9% of Amesite shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of CrowdStrike shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Amesite and CrowdStrike’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amesite	-2,653.01%	-111.75%	-102.34%
CrowdStrike	4.84%	8.44%	3.14%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Amesite and CrowdStrike”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amesite	$170,000.00	41.85	-$4.40 million	($1.73)	-1.47
CrowdStrike	$3.06 billion	28.45	$89.33 million	$0.69	514.04

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Amesite and CrowdStrike, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amesite	0	0	0	0	0.00
CrowdStrike	1	6	31	3	2.88

CrowdStrike has a consensus target price of $328.74, suggesting a potential downside of 7.32%. Given CrowdStrike’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CrowdStrike is more favorable than Amesite.

Volatility & Risk

Amesite has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CrowdStrike has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

CrowdStrike beats Amesite on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Amesite

Amesite Inc., an artificial intelligence driven platform and course designer, that provides online products in the United States. The company uses machine learning to offer a mass customized experience to learners. It serves businesses, universities and colleges, K-12 schools, museums, and non-profit organizations. Amesite Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Detroit, Michigan.

About CrowdStrike

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. provides cybersecurity solutions in the United States and internationally. Its unified platform offers cloud-delivered protection of endpoints, cloud workloads, identity, and data. The company offers corporate endpoint and cloud workload security, managed security, security and vulnerability management, IT operations management, identity protection, SIEM and log management, threat intelligence, data protection, security orchestration, automation and response and AI powered workflow automation, and securing generative AI workload services. It primarily sells subscriptions to its Falcon platform and cloud modules. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.