Comparing Oblong (NYSE:OBLG) and Tempus AI (NASDAQ:TEM)

Oblong (NYSE:OBLG) and Tempus AI (NASDAQ:TEM) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares Oblong and Tempus AI’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Oblong	-138.72%	-78.25%	-62.41%
Tempus AI	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Oblong and Tempus AI”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Oblong	$3.05 million	27.18	-$4.38 million	N/A	N/A
Tempus AI	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Tempus AI has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Oblong.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Oblong and Tempus AI, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Oblong	0	0	0	0	N/A
Tempus AI	0	1	9	0	2.90

Tempus AI has a consensus target price of $45.56, indicating a potential downside of 9.05%. Given Tempus AI’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Tempus AI is more favorable than Oblong.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

2.0% of Oblong shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Oblong shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Tempus AI beats Oblong on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Oblong

Oblong, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides multi-stream collaboration technologies and managed services for video collaboration and network applications in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Collaboration Products and Managed Services. Its flagship product is Mezzanine that enables visual collaboration across multi-users, multi-screens, multi-devices, and multi-locations for video telepresence, laptop and application sharing, and whiteboard sharing and slides applications. The company also provides managed videoconferencing services; and remote service management, which offers an overlay to enterprise information technology and channel partner support organizations, as well as support and management services for customer video environments. In addition, it provides network solutions, including Cloud Connect: Video that allows its customers to outsource the management of their video traffic to them and provides the customer's office locations with a secure, dedicated video network connection to the Oblong Cloud for video communications; Cloud Connect: Converge, which offers customized multiprotocol label switching solutions; and Cloud Connect: Cross Connect that allows the customer to leverage existing carrier for the extension of a Layer 2 private line to its data center. The company serves a range of industries comprising aerospace, consulting, executive search, broadcast media, legal, insurance, technology, financial services, education, healthcare, real estate, retail, construction, hospitality, and others, as well as government sector. Oblong, Inc. is based in Denver, Colorado.

About Tempus AI

Tempus AI Inc. is a technology company advancing precision medicine through the practical application of artificial intelligence principally in healthcare. The company provides AI-enabled precision medicine solutions to physicians to deliver personalized patient care and in parallel facilitates discovery, development and delivery of optimal therapeutics. Tempus AI Inc. is based in CHICAGO.