Contrasting Brand Engagement Network (NASDAQ:BNAI) and Agilysys (NASDAQ:AGYS)

Brand Engagement Network (NASDAQ:BNAI) and Agilysys (NASDAQ:AGYS) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Brand Engagement Network and Agilysys”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Brand Engagement Network	$35,210.00	955.84	-$6.88 million	N/A	N/A
Agilysys	$244.92 million	11.37	$86.19 million	$3.16	32.11

Agilysys has higher revenue and earnings than Brand Engagement Network.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Brand Engagement Network and Agilysys, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brand Engagement Network	0	0	1	0	3.00
Agilysys	0	0	5	0	3.00

Brand Engagement Network currently has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 494.06%. Agilysys has a consensus price target of $122.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.23%. Given Brand Engagement Network’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Brand Engagement Network is more favorable than Agilysys.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

15.8% of Brand Engagement Network shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Agilysys shares are held by institutional investors. 62.9% of Brand Engagement Network shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.6% of Agilysys shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Brand Engagement Network and Agilysys’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brand Engagement Network	N/A	-452.27%	-40.40%
Agilysys	40.32%	12.75%	8.16%

Volatility and Risk

Brand Engagement Network has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agilysys has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Agilysys beats Brand Engagement Network on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Agilysys

Agilysys, Inc. operates as a developer and marketer of software-enabled solutions and services to the hospitality industry in North America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, and India. It offers software solutions fully integrated with third party hardware and operating systems; cloud applications, support, and maintenance; subscription and maintenance; and professional services. The company’s hospitality software solutions include hospitality experience cloud offers solution ecosystems that combine core operational systems for property management, point-of-sale (POS), and inventory and procurement; and Hospitality Solution Studios. Its food and beverage ecosystem solutions comprise InfoGenesis POS; IG Kiosk; IG Flex; IG KDS; IG OnDemand; IG Fly; IG Quick Pay; IG Smart Menu; IG Digital Menu Board; IG PanOptic AI-powered self-checkout kiosk; Pay, a payment processing solution; eCash for cashless tender; gift card solution; and Analyze, a cloud-based data analytic platform. The company’s inventory and procurement ecosystem solutions include Eatec solution and Stratton Warren System; LMS, a on-premise or hosted, web and mobile-enabled PMS solution; Versa, a hospitality solution; and Stay, a cloud-native SaaS property management system. Its hospitality and leisure and experience enhancer solutions comprise Book, Express Kiosk and Express Mobile for check-in and check-out; Spa software; Golf; Sales & Catering; Service; Authorize; DataMagine; Reserve solution; Digital Marketing solution; Retail POS solution; Central Reservations; Loyalty & Promotions; Membership; Residence Management; and Guest App. It serves hotels, resorts and cruise lines, casinos, corporate food service management, restaurants, universities, stadiums, and healthcare. The company was formerly known as Pioneer-Standard Electronics, Inc. and changed its name to Agilysys, Inc. in 2003. Agilysys, Inc. was founded in 1932 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia.