Quantum Computing (QUBT) Competitors

Aurora Innovation (NASDAQ:AUR) and Quantum Computing (NASDAQ:QUBT) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and valuation.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of AUR or QUBT?

44.7% of Aurora Innovation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.3% of Quantum Computing shares are held by institutional investors. 11.9% of Aurora Innovation shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.3% of Quantum Computing shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, AUR or QUBT?

Aurora Innovation has a beta of 2.59, suggesting that its stock price is 159% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quantum Computing has a beta of 3.85, suggesting that its stock price is 285% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, AUR or QUBT?

Quantum Computing has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Aurora Innovation. Quantum Computing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aurora Innovation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aurora Innovation	$68M	152.96	-$748M	-$0.48	-12.25
Quantum Computing	$385K	6,942.72	-$67.63M	-$0.48	-39.52

Is AUR or QUBT more profitable?

Quantum Computing's return on equity of 0.00% beat Aurora Innovation's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aurora Innovation	N/A	-40.06%	-35.59%
Quantum Computing	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AUR or QUBT?

Aurora Innovation received 11 more outperform votes than Quantum Computing when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Quantum Computing an outperform vote while only 42.86% of users gave Aurora Innovation an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Aurora Innovation	Outperform Votes 15 42.86%	Underperform Votes 20 57.14%
Quantum Computing	Outperform Votes 4 80.00%	Underperform Votes 1 20.00%

Does the media refer more to AUR or QUBT?

In the previous week, Quantum Computing had 32 more articles in the media than Aurora Innovation. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Quantum Computing and 12 mentions for Aurora Innovation. Aurora Innovation's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Quantum Computing's score of 0.44 indicating that Aurora Innovation is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Aurora Innovation	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Quantum Computing	15 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate AUR or QUBT?

Aurora Innovation presently has a consensus price target of $10.75, suggesting a potential upside of 82.82%. Quantum Computing has a consensus price target of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.97%. Given Aurora Innovation's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Aurora Innovation is more favorable than Quantum Computing.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aurora Innovation	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
Quantum Computing	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Quantum Computing beats Aurora Innovation on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.