Contrasting Gauzy (NASDAQ:GAUZ) and Expion360 (NASDAQ:XPON)

Expion360 (NASDAQ:XPON) and Gauzy (NASDAQ:GAUZ) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

34.5% of Expion360 shares are held by institutional investors. 30.9% of Expion360 shares are held by 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Expion360 and Gauzy, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Expion360	0	0	0	0	N/A
Gauzy	0	0	3	1	3.25

Gauzy has a consensus target price of $21.75, indicating a potential upside of 136.67%. Given Gauzy’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Gauzy is more favorable than Expion360.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Expion360 and Gauzy”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Expion360	$5.98 million	0.67	-$7.46 million	($1.09)	-0.07
Gauzy	$89.75 million	1.95	-$79.27 million	N/A	N/A

Expion360 has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Gauzy.

Profitability

This table compares Expion360 and Gauzy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Expion360	-168.29%	-176.38%	-76.53%
Gauzy	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Gauzy beats Expion360 on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Expion360

Expion360 Inc. designs, assembles, manufactures, and sells lithium iron phosphate batteries and supporting accessories under the VPR 4EVER name for recreational vehicles, marine, golf, industrial, residential, and off-the-grid applications. It provides battery monitors; direct current battery chargers; various models of industrial tie-downs; power generators AURA POWERCAP; terminal blocks; and bus bars. The company also engages in the development of e360 Home Energy Storage systems; e360 SmartTalk mobile application. It serves dealers, wholesalers, private label customers, and original equipment manufacturers in the United States and internationally. The company was formerly known as Yozamp Products Company, LLC and changed its name to Expion360 Inc. in November 2021. Expion360 Inc. was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Redmond, Oregon.

About Gauzy

Gauzy Ltd. is a fully-integrated light and vision control company which focused on the research, development, manufacturing and marketing of vision and light control technologies. It operates principally in Germany, France, the United States, Canada, China, Singapore and Dubai. Gauzy Ltd. is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.