Critical Survey: Unisys (NYSE:UIS) & Pony AI (NASDAQ:PONY)

Pony AI (NASDAQ:PONY) and Unisys (NYSE:UIS) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

86.9% of Unisys shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.0% of Unisys shares are owned by company 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.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Pony AI and Unisys”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pony AI	$75.03 million	29.81	N/A	N/A	N/A
Unisys	$2.01 billion	0.14	-$430.70 million	($2.83)	-1.39

Pony AI has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Unisys.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Pony AI and Unisys, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pony AI	0	0	3	0	3.00
Unisys	0	1	0	0	2.00

Pony AI presently has a consensus price target of $19.20, indicating a potential upside of 199.53%. Unisys has a consensus price target of $6.50, indicating a potential upside of 65.61%. Given Pony AI’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Pony AI is more favorable than Unisys.

Profitability

This table compares Pony AI and Unisys’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pony AI	N/A	N/A	N/A
Unisys	-9.63%	-16.84%	1.71%

Summary

Pony AI beats Unisys on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Pony AI

Pony AI Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the autonomous mobility principally in the People’s Republic of China and the United States. The company provides robotruck services, such as transportation services to the logistics platforms. Pony AI Inc. is based in Guangzhou, the People’s Republic of China.

About Unisys

Unisys Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an information technology solutions company in the United States and internationally. It operates in three segments: Digital Workplace Solutions (DWS); Cloud, Applications & Infrastructure Solutions (CA&I); and Enterprise Computing Solutions. The DWS segment provides advice and execution related to modern workplace solutions, such as communication and collaboration, intelligent workplace services, unified experience management, and modern device management; and traditional workplace solutions, including traditional service desk, device management and field services. The CA&I segment offers cloud management, hybrid infrastructure, modern applications, data and artificial intelligence, and cyber security; and design, implementation, monitoring, automation, and management of dedicated on-premises or hosted infrastructure. The Enterprise Computing Solutions segment provides license and support solutions; specialized services, next-generation computing, and industry solutions; and other solutions that provides various micro-market and business process solutions. The company also offers enterprise software and technology products, including Unisys InteliServe, PowerSuite, Unisys Logistics Optimization, CloudForte, ClearPath Forward, and Unisys Stealth. It serves its products in the travel and transportation, financial services, and healthcare industries. Unisys Corporation was founded in 1873 and is based in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania.