Reviewing Brand Engagement Network (NASDAQ:BNAI) & Canna-Global Acquisition (NASDAQ:CNGL)

Canna-Global Acquisition (NASDAQ:CNGL) and Brand Engagement Network (NASDAQ:BNAI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Canna-Global Acquisition and Brand Engagement Network”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Canna-Global Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Brand Engagement Network	N/A	N/A	-$6.88 million	N/A	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

19.6% of Canna-Global Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.8% of Brand Engagement Network shares are held by institutional investors. 72.1% of Canna-Global Acquisition shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 62.9% of Brand Engagement Network shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Canna-Global Acquisition and Brand Engagement Network, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Canna-Global Acquisition	0	0	0	0	0.00
Brand Engagement Network	0	0	1	0	3.00

Brand Engagement Network has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1,004.97%. Given Brand Engagement Network’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Brand Engagement Network is more favorable than Canna-Global Acquisition.

Risk and Volatility

Canna-Global Acquisition has a beta of -0.02, indicating that its share price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brand Engagement Network has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Canna-Global Acquisition and Brand Engagement Network’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Canna-Global Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A
Brand Engagement Network	N/A	-140.18%	-56.38%

About Canna-Global Acquisition

Canna-Global Acquisition Corp. does not have significant operations. The company intends to acquire and engage in a share exchange, share reconstruction, and amalgamation with one or more businesses or entities. It intends to focus its search of target business in the cannabis industry. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is based in Marina Del Rey, California.

About Brand Engagement Network

Brand Engagement Network, Inc. provides conversational AI assistants. The company offers security-focused, multimodal communication, and human-like assistants. Its AI assistants are built on proprietary natural language processing, anomaly detection, multisensory awareness, sentiment, and environmental analysis, as well as real-time individuation and personalization capabilities. It serves the automotive, healthcare, and other industries through direct sales force and channel partners. Brand Engagement Network, Inc. was formerly known as Blockchain Exchange Network Inc. and changed its name to Brand Engagement Network, Inc. in April 2023. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Jackson, Wyoming.