Reviewing Thinspace Technology (OTCMKTS:THNS) and Snowflake (NYSE:SNOW)

Snowflake (NYSE:SNOW) and Thinspace Technology (OTCMKTS:THNS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for Snowflake and Thinspace Technology, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Snowflake	1	8	28	2	2.79
Thinspace Technology	0	0	0	0	0.00

Snowflake currently has a consensus target price of $188.06, suggesting a potential upside of 8.05%. Given Snowflake’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Snowflake is more favorable than Thinspace Technology.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Snowflake and Thinspace Technology”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Snowflake	$2.81 billion	20.47	-$836.10 million	($3.39)	-51.34
Thinspace Technology	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Thinspace Technology has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Snowflake.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

65.1% of Snowflake shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.8% of Snowflake shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.4% of Thinspace Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Snowflake and Thinspace Technology’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Snowflake	-33.02%	-24.23%	-13.30%
Thinspace Technology	N/A	N/A	N/A

Risk and Volatility

Snowflake has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Thinspace Technology has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Snowflake beats Thinspace Technology on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Snowflake

Snowflake Inc. provides a cloud-based data platform for various organizations in the United States and internationally. Its platform offers Data Cloud, which enables customers to consolidate data into a single source of truth to drive meaningful business insights, build data-driven applications, and share data and data products, as well as applies artificial intelligence (AI) for solving business problems. The company was formerly known as Snowflake Computing, Inc. and changed its name to Snowflake Inc. in April 2019. Snowflake Inc. was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Bozeman, Montana.

About Thinspace Technology

Thinspace Technology, Inc., a cloud computing company, develops software productivity solutions worldwide. It principally develops and sells network software. The company offers skySpace, a desktop virtualization solution suite, which comprises skyDesk, a management software solution for Microsoft remote desktop users; skyGate, a software solution that allows secure remote access to applications and data from outside of the corporate network; skyView, which offers access to applications or Windows desktops from a browser on any device; skyDirect, a virtual desktop infrastructure software solution that allows secure fast access to hosted virtual desktops; and skyPoint, a hardware thin client endpoint solution for the enterprise and corporate market. The company sells its products directly to independent software vendors and application service providers; and through a chain of distributors and resellers to end users in public and private sectors. Thinspace Technology, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Carrollton, Texas.