Blend Labs (NYSE:BLND – Get Free Report) and Aurora Mobile (NASDAQ:JG – Get Free Report) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Blend Labs and Aurora Mobile”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Blend Labs | $152.12 million | 5.94 | -$178.69 million | ($0.58) | -6.17 |
| Aurora Mobile | $295.43 million | 0.13 | -$8.75 million | ($1.26) | -5.33 |
Aurora Mobile has higher revenue and earnings than Blend Labs. Blend Labs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aurora Mobile, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Blend Labs | -77.63% | -595.99% | -40.93% |
| Aurora Mobile | -9.57% | -7.33% | -2.12% |
Risk & Volatility
Blend Labs has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aurora Mobile has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
52.6% of Blend Labs shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.5% of Aurora Mobile shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.8% of Blend Labs shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.2% of Aurora Mobile shares are owned by company 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.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Blend Labs and Aurora Mobile, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Blend Labs | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2.83 |
| Aurora Mobile | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Blend Labs presently has a consensus price target of $3.93, suggesting a potential upside of 9.78%. Aurora Mobile has a consensus price target of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.17%. Given Blend Labs’ higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Blend Labs is more favorable than Aurora Mobile.
Summary
Aurora Mobile beats Blend Labs on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Blend Labs
Blend Labs, Inc. engages in the provision of cloud-based software platform solutions for financial services firms in the United States. It operates in two segments, Blend Platform and Title365. The company's Blend Builder Platform offers a suite of products that powers digital-first consumer journeys for mortgages, home equity loans and lines of credit, vehicle loans, personal loans, credit cards, and deposit accounts; and offers mortgage products to facilitate the homeownership journey for consumers comprising close, income verification for mortgage, homeowners' insurance, and realty. It also offers verification components to automate confirmation tasks that are needed to underwrite a loan or approve the opening of a new deposit account; decisioning components to reduce the need for human intervention by automatically applying business rules throughout an application workflow configured by a financial services firm; workflow intelligence components to manage data collection and automate tasks throughout the loan origination process; and marketplace components to enable consumers to shop for products and services presented at the precise moment of need during an application for a loan. In addition, the company, through its subsidiary, offers title search procedures for title insurance policies, escrow, and other closing and settlement services, as well as other trustee services; and provides professional and consulting services. It serves banks, credit unions, fintechs, and non-bank mortgage lenders. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
About Aurora Mobile
Aurora Mobile Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides a range of developer services in China. The company provides push notification, instant messaging, analytics, sharing and short message service, one-click verification, and other services. The company offers real-time market intelligence solutions, such as product iApp, which provides analysis and statistical results on the usage and trends of mobile apps to investment funds and corporations. It also provides financial risk management solutions to assist financial institutions, licensed lenders, and credit card companies in making informed lending and credit decisions; and location-based intelligence services. In addition, the company offers application programming interfaces that create connectivity and automate the process of message exchange between the mobile apps and its backend network; an interactive web-based service dashboard that allows app developers to utilize and monitor its services through controls on an ongoing basis; and value added services, such as Advertisement SAAS, a data management platform service, which provides tagged and de-identified population data package; JG Alliance, an integrated marketing campaign services to advertising customers; and AD Mediation Platform to help mobile app developers access other mainstream advertising platforms. It primarily serves mobile app developers in a range of industries, such as media, entertainment, gaming, financial services, tourism, ecommerce, education, and healthcare. Aurora Mobile Limited was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, the People's Republic of China.
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