Armada Acquisition Corp. I (NASDAQ:AACI) & UBE (OTCMKTS:UBEOY) Financial Survey

Armada Acquisition Corp. I (NASDAQ:AACI) and UBE (OTCMKTS:UBEOY) are both small-cap unclassified companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk and profitability.

Volatility & Risk

Armada Acquisition Corp. I has a beta of -0.04, suggesting that its stock price is 104% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UBE has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Armada Acquisition Corp. I and UBE’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Armada Acquisition Corp. I	N/A	N/A	-6.28%
UBE	3.73%	7.60%	3.66%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Armada Acquisition Corp. I and UBE”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Armada Acquisition Corp. I	N/A	N/A	-$320,000.00	N/A	N/A
UBE	$5.84 billion	0.28	$218.05 million	$1.10	7.11

UBE has higher revenue and earnings than Armada Acquisition Corp. I.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Armada Acquisition Corp. I and UBE, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Armada Acquisition Corp. I	0	0	0	0	N/A
UBE	0	0	0	0	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

28.0% of Armada Acquisition Corp. I shares are held by institutional investors. 68.7% of Armada Acquisition Corp. I shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

UBE beats Armada Acquisition Corp. I on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Armada Acquisition Corp. I

Armada Acquisition Corp. I does not have significant operations. It intends to effect a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or related business combination with one or more businesses in the financial technology industry. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

About UBE

Ube Industries, Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the chemicals, construction materials, and machinery businesses in Japan, Asia, Europe, and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Chemicals, Construction Materials, Machinery, and Others. It offers synthetic rubber, engineering plastics, caprolactam, industrial chemicals, liquefied gas, polyethylene, ammonium sulfate, polyimide, battery materials, separation membranes, fine chemicals, ceramics, high purity chemicals, semiconductor gas products, products for polyurethane resins, aerospace materials, inorganic fiber, and high temperature paints. The company also provides contract manufacturing services for APIs and intermediates; aromatic SF5 compounds; FLUOLEAD, a novel nucleophilic fluorinating agent; and drug discovery and pipeline services. In addition, it offers cement products, ready mixed concrete, soil stabilizing cement, building materials, limestone, calcia and magnesia, specialty inorganic materials, and resource recycling, as well as imports and sells coal. Further, the company is involved in the supply of electric power. Additionally, it provides die-casting and injection molding machines, and extrusion presses; and UBE vertical mills, kilins, furnaces, dryers, water screening equipment, storage and transportation systems, bridges and steel structures, and steel billets and casting. The company also manufactures and sells nylon, plastic films, polypropylene molded products, fibers, fiber-reinforced plastics, electronic and information materials, magnesia clinker, quicklime, slaked lime, and cast iron; and offers coastal shipping, port transportation, containers, collection and transport of industrial waste, trading, and engineering services. In addition, it engages in the purchase, sale, and leasing of real estate properties. Ube Industries, Ltd. was founded in 1897 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.