Financial Review: Atomera (NASDAQ:ATOM) vs. Nano Labs (NASDAQ:NA)

Nano Labs (NASDAQ:NA) and Atomera (NASDAQ:ATOM) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares Nano Labs and Atomera’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nano Labs	N/A	N/A	N/A
Atomera	-2,773.11%	-104.98%	-82.54%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

50.7% of Nano Labs shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.8% of Atomera shares are held by institutional investors. 13.0% of Atomera shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Nano Labs and Atomera”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nano Labs	$11.06 million	2.64	-$35.70 million	N/A	N/A
Atomera	$550,000.00	332.28	-$19.79 million	($0.70)	-9.07

Atomera has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Nano Labs.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Nano Labs and Atomera, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nano Labs	0	0	0	0	0.00
Atomera	0	0	1	0	3.00

Atomera has a consensus price target of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.24%. Given Atomera’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Atomera is more favorable than Nano Labs.

Risk & Volatility

Nano Labs has a beta of 2.3, meaning that its share price is 130% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atomera has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

About Nano Labs

Nano Labs Ltd operates as a fabless integrated circuit design company and product solution provider in the People's Republic of China and internationally. It develops high throughput computing and high-performance computing chips. The company also offers distributed computing and storage solutions, smart network interface cards, and vision computing chips, as well as distributed rendering technology. In addition, it engages in the research and development of software. Its customers include enterprises and individual buyers. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Hangzhou, the People's Republic of China.

About Atomera

Atomera Incorporated engages in the developing, commercializing, and licensing proprietary processes and technologies for the semiconductor industry in North America and the Asia Pacific. The company's lead technology is the Mears Silicon Technology, a thin film of reengineered silicon that can be applied as a transistor channel enhancement to CMOS-type transistors. Its customers include foundries, integrated device manufacturers, fabless semiconductor manufacturers, original equipment manufacturers, and electronic design automation companies. The company was formerly known as Mears Technologies, Inc. and changed its name to Atomera Incorporated in January 2016. Atomera Incorporated was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, California.