Head to Head Survey: Evolv Technologies (NASDAQ:EVLV) vs. Jabil (NYSE:JBL)
by Mitch Edgeman · The Markets DailyEvolv Technologies (NASDAQ:EVLV – Get Free Report) and Jabil (NYSE:JBL – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
66.7% of Evolv Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of Jabil shares are held by institutional investors. 5.2% of Evolv Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Jabil shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Risk and Volatility
Evolv Technologies has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jabil has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Evolv Technologies and Jabil”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Evolv Technologies | $145.90 million | 5.77 | -$33.14 million | ($0.03) | -155.00 |
| Jabil | $29.80 billion | 1.12 | $657.00 million | $8.01 | 39.83 |
Jabil has higher revenue and earnings than Evolv Technologies. Evolv Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Jabil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Evolv Technologies and Jabil, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Evolv Technologies | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.50 |
| Jabil | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3.00 |
Evolv Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $9.81, indicating a potential upside of 111.02%. Jabil has a consensus target price of $441.78, indicating a potential upside of 38.46%. Given Evolv Technologies’ higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Evolv Technologies is more favorable than Jabil.
Profitability
This table compares Evolv Technologies and Jabil’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Evolv Technologies | -3.05% | -4.53% | -1.72% |
| Jabil | 2.57% | 83.93% | 5.65% |
Summary
Jabil beats Evolv Technologies on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Evolv Technologies
Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc. provides artificial intelligence (AI)-based weapons detection for security screening in the United States and internationally. Its products include Evolv Express, a touchless security screening system designed to detect firearms, improvised explosive devices, and tactical knives; and Evolv Insights that provides self-serve access, insights regarding visitor flow and arrival curves, location specific performance, system detection performance, and alarm statistics. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.
About Jabil
Jabil Inc. provides manufacturing services and solutions worldwide. It operates in two segments, Electronics Manufacturing Services and Diversified Manufacturing Services. The company offers electronics design, production, and product management services; electronic circuit design services, such as application-specific integrated circuit design, firmware development, and rapid prototyping services; and designs plastic and metal enclosures that include the electro-mechanics, such as the printed circuit board assemblies (PCBA). It also provides three-dimensional mechanical design comprising the analysis of electronic, electro-mechanical, and optical assemblies, as well as various industrial design, mechanism development, and tooling management services. In addition, the company provides computer-assisted design services consisting of PCBA design, as well as PCBA design validation and verification services; and other consulting services, such as the generation of a bill of materials, approved vendor list, and assembly equipment configuration for various PCBA designs. Further, it offers product and process validation services, such as product system, product safety, regulatory compliance, and reliability tests, as well as manufacturing test solution development services. Additionally, the company provides systems assembly, test, direct-order fulfillment, and configure-to-order services. It serves 5G, wireless and cloud, digital print and retail, industrial and semi-cap, networking and storage, automotive and transportation, connected devices, healthcare and packaging, and mobility industries. The company was formerly known as Jabil Circuit, Inc. and changed its name to Jabil Inc. in June 2017. Jabil Inc. was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Saint Petersburg, Florida.