Head-To-Head Review: Brand Engagement Network (NASDAQ:BNAI) and Veea (NASDAQ:VEEA)

Brand Engagement Network (NASDAQ:BNAI) and Veea (NASDAQ:VEEA) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brand Engagement Network	N/A	-140.18%	-56.38%
Veea	N/A	N/A	-20.86%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Brand Engagement Network and Veea”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Brand Engagement Network	$35,210.00	399.80	-$6.88 million	N/A	N/A
Veea	N/A	N/A	-$30,000.00	N/A	N/A

Veea has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Brand Engagement Network.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Brand Engagement Network and Veea, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brand Engagement Network	0	0	1	0	3.00
Veea	0	0	0	0	0.00

Brand Engagement Network currently has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1,571.31%. Given Brand Engagement Network’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Brand Engagement Network is more favorable than Veea.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

15.8% of Brand Engagement Network shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.9% of Veea shares are held by institutional investors. 62.9% of Brand Engagement Network shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 71.0% of Veea shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

Brand Engagement Network has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Veea has a beta of -0.02, meaning that its share price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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 Veea

Veea Inc. provides computing, multiaccess multiprotocol communications, edge storage, and cybersecurity solutions. The company offers multiaccess edge computing (MEC) platform that redefines connectivity and computing at the edge by integrating functions of servers, network attached storage (NAS), routers, firewalls, Wi-Fi Access Points, IoT gateways, and 4G and 5G connections; and Veea Edge Platform enables direct connections from the optical fiber, cellular, and satellite networks. It also provides VeeaHub STAX, an edge computing product integrated with wireless access, including Wi-Fi 6; VeeaHub that offers connectivity options for pro indoor smart edge applications; and VeeaHub Outdoor that integrates with wireless connectivity for smart edge applications in outdoor and industrial environments. The company also offers TROLLEE, a smart shopping cart platform; the VeeaHub toolkit; and Veea AdEdge, an advertising platform. Veea Inc. was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, New York.