Earlyworks (NASDAQ:ELWS – Get Free Report) and CI&T (NYSE:CINT – Get Free Report) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
Profitability
This table compares Earlyworks and CI&T’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Earlyworks | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| CI&T | 4.39% | 9.55% | 4.94% |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Earlyworks and CI&T”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Earlyworks | $349.39 million | 0.02 | -$2.13 million | N/A | N/A |
| CI&T | $2.71 billion | 0.30 | $26.55 million | $0.18 | 34.06 |
CI&T has higher revenue and earnings than Earlyworks.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
0.5% of Earlyworks shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of CI&T shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Risk and Volatility
Earlyworks has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CI&T has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Earlyworks and CI&T, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Earlyworks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| CI&T | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2.78 |
CI&T has a consensus target price of $8.26, suggesting a potential upside of 34.67%. Given CI&T’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CI&T is more favorable than Earlyworks.
Summary
CI&T beats Earlyworks on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Earlyworks
Earlyworks Co., Ltd operates as a blockchain-based technology company in Japan. The company builds products, deliver services, and develop solutions based on its proprietary Grid Ledger System to leverage blockchain technology in various business settings, including advertisement tracking, online visitor management, and sales of non-fungible tokens. It also provides software and system development services; consulting and solution services; blockchain system solution planning; and proposal, design, and development planning services. The company serves the information technology, shipping, real estate, entertainment, cosmetics, and chemical products sectors. Earlyworks Co., Ltd was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
About CI&T
CI&T, Inc. provides strategy, design and software engineering services to enable digital transformation. The firm’s solutions and services include Digital Strategy, Customer-Centric Design and Top-of-the-Line Software Engineering. The company was founded by Cesar Nivaldo Gon, Bruno Guiçardi Neto and Fernando Matt Borges Martins on June 7, 2021 and is headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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