Aurora Innovation (NASDAQ:AUR – Get Free Report) and IonQ (NYSE:IONQ – Get Free Report) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
44.7% of Aurora Innovation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.4% of IonQ shares are held by institutional investors. 11.9% of Aurora Innovation shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.6% of IonQ shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Volatility and Risk
Aurora Innovation has a beta of 2.77, indicating that its stock price is 177% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IonQ has a beta of 2.5, indicating that its stock price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Aurora Innovation | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2.56 |
| IonQ | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.80 |
Aurora Innovation presently has a consensus price target of $9.63, indicating a potential upside of 41.34%. IonQ has a consensus price target of $40.80, indicating a potential upside of 43.56%. Given IonQ’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe IonQ is more favorable than Aurora Innovation.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Aurora Innovation and IonQ”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Aurora Innovation | $68.00 million | 174.30 | -$748.00 million | ($0.47) | -14.49 |
| IonQ | $43.07 million | 147.03 | -$157.77 million | ($1.54) | -18.45 |
IonQ has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Aurora Innovation. IonQ is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aurora Innovation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Aurora Innovation and IonQ’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Aurora Innovation | N/A | -40.06% | -35.59% |
| IonQ | -457.85% | -36.82% | -32.48% |
Summary
Aurora Innovation beats IonQ on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Aurora Innovation
Aurora Innovation, Inc. operates as a self-driving technology company in the United States. It focuses on developing Aurora Driver, a platform that brings a suite of self-driving hardware, software, and data services together to adapt and interoperate vehicles. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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.
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