Head to Head Contrast: e.Digital (OTCMKTS:EDIG) vs. NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)

e.Digital (OTCMKTS:EDIG) and NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.

Volatility & Risk

e.Digital has a beta of 2.02, indicating that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NVIDIA has a beta of 1.77, indicating that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares e.Digital and NVIDIA’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
e.Digital	N/A	N/A	N/A
NVIDIA	55.69%	114.83%	76.61%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

65.3% of NVIDIA shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of e.Digital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of NVIDIA shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares e.Digital and NVIDIA”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
e.Digital	$700,000.00	0.04	-$1.27 million	N/A	N/A
NVIDIA	$130.50 billion	21.64	$29.76 billion	$2.94	39.37

NVIDIA has higher revenue and earnings than e.Digital.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for e.Digital and NVIDIA, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
e.Digital	0	0	0	0	0.00
NVIDIA	0	3	37	2	2.98

NVIDIA has a consensus target price of $171.69, suggesting a potential upside of 48.34%. Given NVIDIA’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe NVIDIA is more favorable than e.Digital.

Summary

NVIDIA beats e.Digital on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About e.Digital

e.Digital Corporation engages in developing and marketing an intellectual property portfolio of context and interpersonal awareness systems, advanced data security technologies, secure communication technologies, and other technologies. It is involved in licensing and enforcing its Nunchi portfolio of patents related to context and interpersonal awareness systems; microSignet data security technology based on characteristics in semi-conductors; Synap security system, method, and apparatus to solve the issues of encryption key generation and exchange; and other technologies. The company was formerly known as Norris Communications, Inc. and changed its name to e.Digital Corporation in January 1999. e.Digital Corporation was founded in 1988 and is based in San Diego, California.

About NVIDIA

NVIDIA Corporation provides graphics and compute and networking solutions in the United States, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, and internationally. The Graphics segment offers GeForce GPUs for gaming and PCs, the GeForce NOW game streaming service and related infrastructure, and solutions for gaming platforms; Quadro/NVIDIA RTX GPUs for enterprise workstation graphics; virtual GPU or vGPU software for cloud-based visual and virtual computing; automotive platforms for infotainment systems; and Omniverse software for building and operating metaverse and 3D internet applications. The Compute & Networking segment comprises Data Center computing platforms and end-to-end networking platforms, including Quantum for InfiniBand and Spectrum for Ethernet; NVIDIA DRIVE automated-driving platform and automotive development agreements; Jetson robotics and other embedded platforms; NVIDIA AI Enterprise and other software; and DGX Cloud software and services. The company's products are used in gaming, professional visualization, data center, and automotive markets. It sells its products to original equipment manufacturers, original device manufacturers, system integrators and distributors, independent software vendors, cloud service providers, consumer internet companies, add-in board manufacturers, distributors, automotive manufacturers and tier-1 automotive suppliers, and other ecosystem participants. NVIDIA Corporation was incorporated in 1993 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.