Absci (ABSI) Competitors

Applied Digital (NASDAQ:APLD) and Absci (NASDAQ:ABSI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Do analysts rate APLD or ABSI?

Applied Digital currently has a consensus target price of $12.11, indicating a potential upside of 125.53%. Absci has a consensus target price of $7.60, indicating a potential upside of 145.95%. Given Absci's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Absci is more favorable than Applied Digital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Applied Digital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Absci	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders & institutionals believe in APLD or ABSI?

65.7% of Applied Digital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.0% of Absci shares are held by institutional investors. 11.8% of Applied Digital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.8% of Absci shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, APLD or ABSI?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Applied Digital	$211.62M	5.66	-$149.27M	-$1.73	-3.10
Absci	$4.53M	86.79	-$110.57M	-$0.93	-3.32

Which has more risk and volatility, APLD or ABSI?

Applied Digital has a beta of 5.18, suggesting that its stock price is 418% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Absci has a beta of 2.22, suggesting that its stock price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer APLD or ABSI?

In the previous week, Applied Digital had 11 more articles in the media than Absci. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Applied Digital and 8 mentions for Absci. Absci's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Applied Digital's score of 0.16 indicating that Absci is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Applied Digital	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Absci	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer APLD or ABSI?

Applied Digital received 2 more outperform votes than Absci when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 100.00% of users gave Applied Digital an outperform vote while only 66.07% of users gave Absci an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Applied Digital	Outperform Votes 39 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Absci	Outperform Votes 37 66.07%	Underperform Votes 19 33.93%

Is APLD or ABSI more profitable?

Applied Digital has a net margin of -127.86% compared to Absci's net margin of -2,321.56%. Absci's return on equity of -46.56% beat Applied Digital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Applied Digital	-127.86%	-117.67%	-27.84%
Absci	-2,321.56%	-46.56%	-39.74%

Summary

Applied Digital beats Absci on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.