Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) vs. Aeries Technology (NASDAQ:AERT) Financial Survey

Aeries Technology (NASDAQ:AERT) and Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.

Risk & Volatility

Aeries Technology has a beta of -0.63, meaning that its stock price is 163% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Booz Allen Hamilton has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Aeries Technology and Booz Allen Hamilton’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aeries Technology	-3.60%	-3.80%	-5.19%
Booz Allen Hamilton	7.25%	69.67%	11.59%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Aeries Technology and Booz Allen Hamilton, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aeries Technology	0	0	0	0	0.00
Booz Allen Hamilton	1	4	4	0	2.33

Booz Allen Hamilton has a consensus price target of $161.78, indicating a potential upside of 19.51%. Given Booz Allen Hamilton’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Booz Allen Hamilton is more favorable than Aeries Technology.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Aeries Technology and Booz Allen Hamilton”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aeries Technology	$72.51 million	0.48	$15.66 million	$0.47	1.66
Booz Allen Hamilton	$10.66 billion	1.62	$605.71 million	$6.37	21.25

Booz Allen Hamilton has higher revenue and earnings than Aeries Technology. Aeries Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Booz Allen Hamilton, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

99.2% of Aeries Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Booz Allen Hamilton shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Aeries Technology shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Booz Allen Hamilton shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Booz Allen Hamilton beats Aeries Technology on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Aeries Technology

Aeries Technology, Inc. operates as a professional services and consulting partner in the North America, Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company offers management consultancy services for private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, including software solutions, product management, IT infrastructure, information and cyber security, ERP and CRM platform management, business process management, and digital transformation services. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Singapore.

About Booz Allen Hamilton

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation provides management and technology consulting, analytics, engineering, digital solutions, mission operations, and cyber services to governments, corporations, and not-for-profit organizations in the United States and internationally. It focuses on artificial intelligence services comprising of machine learning, predictive modeling, automation and decision analytics, and quantum computing. The company offers artificial intelligence, machine learning, and computer network related operations. In addition, it provides data science, engineering, visualization, and analysis related capabilities. Further, the company engages in user experience, user interface, graphic and web design, design thinking, sketching, and digital product design capabilities. Additionally, it architects and engineers help accelerate, scale, secure, and transform mission and business outcomes using the technologies and partner offering; offers software engineering in agile practices, DevSecOps, automation and Cloud, and Low/No Code Platform engineering; systems and digital engineering; and tech strategy and product management. Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation was founded in 1914 and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.