Critical Analysis: Rezolve AI (NASDAQ:RZLV) and PubMatic (NASDAQ:PUBM)

Rezolve AI (NASDAQ:RZLV) and PubMatic (NASDAQ:PUBM) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Rezolve AI and PubMatic, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rezolve AI	0	0	5	2	3.29
PubMatic	0	4	5	0	2.56

Rezolve AI presently has a consensus price target of $6.40, indicating a potential upside of 109.84%. PubMatic has a consensus price target of $20.63, indicating a potential upside of 36.32%. Given Rezolve AI’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Rezolve AI is more favorable than PubMatic.

Risk & Volatility

Rezolve AI has a beta of -0.61, indicating that its stock price is 161% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PubMatic has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

28.0% of Rezolve AI shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.3% of PubMatic shares are owned by institutional investors. 68.7% of Rezolve AI shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of PubMatic shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Rezolve AI and PubMatic’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rezolve AI	N/A	N/A	-12.01%
PubMatic	5.96%	6.12%	2.58%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Rezolve AI and PubMatic”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rezolve AI	N/A	N/A	-$320,000.00	N/A	N/A
PubMatic	$267.01 million	2.71	$8.88 million	$0.31	48.81

PubMatic has higher revenue and earnings than Rezolve AI.

Summary

PubMatic beats Rezolve AI on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Rezolve AI

Rezolve Ai Ltd. operates in the mobile commerce industry with its cutting-edge engagement platform powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning. It develops AI-based mobile commerce and engagement solutions, simplifying the purchasing process by providing relevant information and facilitating seamless transactions with a single tap. The company enables retailers, brands, and manufacturers to create dynamic connections with consumers across mobile and desktop devices. Rezolve Ai was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

About PubMatic

PubMatic, Inc., a technology company, engages in the provision of a cloud infrastructure platform that enables real-time programmatic advertising transactions for digital content creators, advertisers, agencies, agency trading desks, and demand side platforms worldwide. Its PubMatic SSP, a sell-side platform, used for the purchase and sale of digital advertising inventory for publishers and buyers. The company also provides solutions, including OpenWrap, a header bidding solution; Openwrap OTT, a prebid-powered unified bidding solution; Openwrap SDK, an enterprise-grade management tools and analytics; Connect, a solution that provides additional data and insights to publishers and buyers; Activate, which allows buyers to execute direct deals on its platform across publisher inventory; Convert, a commerce media solution; and Identity Hub, an ID management tool for publishers that leverages specialized technology?infrastructure?to simplify the complex alternative identifier marketplace. Its platform supports an array of ad formats and digital device types, including mobile app, mobile web, desktop, display, video, over-the-top (OTT), connected television, and media. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Redwood City, California.