Aeries Technology (NASDAQ:AERT) & Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) Head-To-Head Contrast

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

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Booz Allen Hamilton and Aeries Technology”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Booz Allen Hamilton	$10.66 billion	1.60	$605.71 million	$6.37	20.95
Aeries Technology	$72.85 million	0.50	$15.66 million	$0.47	1.74

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.

Risk & Volatility

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Booz Allen Hamilton and Aeries Technology, as provided by MarketBeat.

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

Booz Allen Hamilton currently has a consensus price target of $161.78, indicating a potential upside of 21.22%. Given Booz Allen Hamilton’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Booz Allen Hamilton is more favorable than Aeries Technology.

Profitability

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

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

91.8% of Booz Allen Hamilton shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.2% of Aeries Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Booz Allen Hamilton shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Aeries Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

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

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.

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.