Head to Head Comparison: Applied Digital (NASDAQ:APLD) & Auddia (NASDAQ:AUUD)

Applied Digital (NASDAQ:APLD) and Auddia (NASDAQ:AUUD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends and valuation.

Volatility and Risk

Applied Digital has a beta of 4.78, meaning that its share price is 378% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Auddia has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

65.7% of Applied Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.8% of Applied Digital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Auddia shares are owned 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.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Applied Digital and Auddia”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Applied Digital	$211.62 million	7.99	-$149.27 million	($1.73)	-4.39
Auddia	N/A	N/A	-$8.81 million	N/A	N/A

Auddia has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Applied Digital.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Applied Digital and Auddia, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Applied Digital	0	0	9	0	3.00
Auddia	0	0	0	0	0.00

Applied Digital presently has a consensus target price of $12.11, indicating a potential upside of 59.57%. Given Applied Digital’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Applied Digital is more favorable than Auddia.

Profitability

This table compares Applied Digital and Auddia’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Applied Digital	-127.86%	-117.67%	-27.84%
Auddia	N/A	-243.38%	-143.18%

Summary

Applied Digital beats Auddia on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Applied Digital

Applied Digital Corporation designs, develops, and operates datacenters in North America. Its datacenters provide digital infrastructure solutions to the high-performance computing industry. The company also provides artificial intelligence cloud services, high performance computing datacenter hosting, and crypto datacenter hosting services. The company was formerly known as Applied Blockchain, Inc. and changed its name to Applied Digital Corporation in November 2022. Applied Digital Corporation is based in Dallas, Texas.

About Auddia

Auddia Inc., a technology company, develops AI Platform for the audio and podcast markets. The company's flagship product is faidr, which enables consumers to listen to various AM/FM radio station with commercial breaks replaced with personalized audio content, including popular and new music, news, and weather. It also provides Vodacast mobile app, an interactive differentiated podcasting that allows podcasters to give their audiences an interactive audio experience; and Podcast Hub, a content management system. The company was formerly known as Clip Interactive, LLC and changed its name to Auddia Inc. in November 2019. Auddia Inc. was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.