Financial Comparison: Penguin Solutions (NASDAQ:PENG) & Cannasys (OTCMKTS:MJTK)

Penguin Solutions (NASDAQ:PENG) and Cannasys (OTCMKTS:MJTK) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Penguin Solutions and Cannasys, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Penguin Solutions	0	2	7	1	2.90
Cannasys	0	0	0	0	0.00

Penguin Solutions currently has a consensus price target of $28.25, indicating a potential upside of 2.88%. Given Penguin Solutions’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Penguin Solutions is more favorable than Cannasys.

Profitability

This table compares Penguin Solutions and Cannasys’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Penguin Solutions	-0.68%	13.27%	4.01%
Cannasys	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Penguin Solutions and Cannasys”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Penguin Solutions	$1.17 billion	1.23	-$52.47 million	($0.28)	-98.07
Cannasys	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Cannasys has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Penguin Solutions.

Summary

Penguin Solutions beats Cannasys on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Penguin Solutions

Penguin Solutions, Inc. engages in the designing and development of enterprise solutions worldwide. It operates through three segments: Advanced Computing, Integrated Memory, and Optimized LED. It offers dynamic random access memory modules, solid-state and flash storage, and other advanced integrated memory solutions for networking and telecom, data analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning applications; and supply chain services, including procurement, logistics, inventory management, temporary warehousing, programming, kitting, and packaging services. The company also provides Penguin Computing that focus on technical computing for core and cloud environments through high-performance computing and AI solutions; and Penguin Edge, an edge computing solution for embedded and wireless applications, such as high-performance products for government, health care, manufacturing, and telecommunications applications. In addition, it offers Stratus, which provides simplified, protected, and autonomous fault tolerant computing solutions in the data center and at the Edge through hardware and software services; and solutions to education, energy, financial services, government, hyperscale, and manufacturing markets. Further, the company provides LED chip products comprising blue and green LED chips based on gallium nitride, and related materials under Cree LED brand; and surface mount devices under the Cree LED XLamp and J Series brands. It sells its products directly to original equipment manufacturers, enterprise, government and other end customers through direct sales force, e-commerce, customer service representatives, on-site field application engineers, independent sales representatives, distributors, integrators, and resellers. The company was formerly known as SMART Global Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Penguin Solutions, Inc. in October 2024. Penguin Solutions, Inc. was founded in 1988 and is based in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.

About Cannasys

CannaSys, Inc. provides technology services for the cannabis industry. The company offers Citizen Toke, a text-message-based transaction and promotion platform focused on user acquisition and customer engagement for both regulated cannabis retailers and branded products companies. It also offers BumpUp Rewards, a membership rewards loyalty program designed for social media ties and an electronic solution for providing gifts, points, and discounts to friends and family; and CannaLIMS, a laboratory management information system product focuses on the cannabis marketplace. The company's products serve medical and recreational growers, dispensers, and customers. CannaSys, Inc. was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.