Contrasting HORIBA (OTCMKTS:HRIBF) & Blaize (NASDAQ:BZAI)

HORIBA (OTCMKTS:HRIBF) and Blaize (NASDAQ:BZAI) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation and profitability.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

97.1% of Blaize shares are held by institutional investors. 68.5% of Blaize shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

HORIBA has a beta of 0.13, indicating that its share price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blaize has a beta of 0.03, indicating that its share price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for HORIBA and Blaize, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HORIBA	0	0	0	0	0.00
Blaize	0	1	1	1	3.00

Blaize has a consensus target price of $5.83, indicating a potential upside of 140.05%. Given Blaize’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Blaize is more favorable than HORIBA.

Profitability

This table compares HORIBA and Blaize’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HORIBA	11.49%	12.45%	7.91%
Blaize	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares HORIBA and Blaize”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HORIBA	$2.10 billion	1.22	$286.14 million	$5.26	11.60
Blaize	$458,000.00	539.50	N/A	N/A	N/A

HORIBA has higher revenue and earnings than Blaize.

Summary

Blaize beats HORIBA on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About HORIBA

HORIBA, Ltd. manufactures and sells instruments and systems worldwide. The company operates in five segments: Automotive, Environment/Process, Medical, Semiconductor, and Scientific. The Automotive segment offers engine emission measurement devices; in-use vehicle emission measurement devices; on-board emission measurement devices; in-vehicle exhaust gas measuring devices; driveline test systems; engine test systems; brake test systems; fuel cell test devices; battery test devices; and vehicle development engineering and test engineering services, as well as leases and manages research and development facilities. The Environment/Process segment provides flue gas analyzers, water quality measuring devices, air pollution monitoring analyzers, environmental radiation measuring instruments, and process measurement equipment. The Medical segment offers hematology and CRP, immunology, clinical chemistry, and blood glucose analyzers, blood cell counters, biochemical testing devices, blood glucose testing devices, as well as coagulation/hemostasis analyzers. The Semiconductor segment provides mass flow controllers, chemical concentration monitors, semiconductor contaminant inspection equipment, and residual gas analyzer. The Scientific segment offers Raman spectrometers, pH meters, water quality measuring devices, particle size distribution measuring devices, X -ray fluorescence analyzers, elemental analyzers, fluorescence spectroscopy/lifetime measurement devices, spectrometer/detectors, and gratings. It also engages in the fund management, software development, and automation software for engine. The company’s products are used in arts, entertainment, and recreation; education, research and development, and government institution; food and beverage; energy and environment; health care; industrials; information technology; water; materials; mobility and transport; and waste management applications. HORIBA, Ltd. was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.

About Blaize

Blaize® has created a transformative new compute solution that unites silicon and software to optimize AI from the edge to the core. We’re partnering with customers to transform their products so they can deliver better experiences and better lives.