AERA vs KVHI vs VSNT Stock Comparison

AI Era, Kvh Industries Inc \De\ and Versant Media Prices as of Nov 2, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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AERA AI Era Corp.
$0.01 -83.3% 1M -95.0% 1Y
Market cap
$32.76K
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$10.01M
Div. yield
–
Film and Television Communication Services
2 wins
KVHI Kvh Industries Inc \De\
$7.36 +5.0% 1M +28.7% 1Y
Market cap
$139.05M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$125.01M
Div. yield
–
Satellite Communications Communication Services
2 wins
VSNT Versant Media Group, Inc.
$32.69 +5.7% 1M
Market cap
$4.74B
P/E
6.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.54B
Div. yield
–
Television Broadcasting Communication Services
5 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Versant Media leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Versant Media 5, AI Era 2, Kvh Industries Inc \De\ 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAERAKVHIVSNTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $32.76K $139.05M $4.74B VSNT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -0.1x -23.8x 6.5x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 36.8x 7.6x VSNT
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +102.4% +15.8% — AERA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -3.1% -4.7% 11.1% VSNT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 7.4% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.0x — 0.9x AERA
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -95.0% +28.7% — KVHI
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -82.9%/yr -6.9%/yr — KVHI
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 393.6% 59.9% 41.2% VSNT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 77/100 45/100 89/100 VSNT

Percentile Scorecard

AERAKVHIVSNT

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAERAKVHIVSNT
Valuation 90 #13 of 123 35 #32 of 49 100 #1 of 53
Growth 88 #14 of 109 26 #35 of 47 –
Profitability 70 #33 of 107 29 #33 of 46 95 #3 of 43
Financial Health 60 #53 of 131 85 #8 of 49 83 #11 of 61
Shareholder Returns – 50 #19 of 37 79 #7 of 30
Overall 77 45 89
  • AERA ranked among 134 companies in Communication Services
  • KVHI ranked among 51 companies in Telecommunications
  • VSNT ranked among 61 companies in Advertising and Media

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAERAKVHIVSNTSPY
1 month -83.3%+5.0%+5.7% -2.0%
3 months -97.6%-20.9%-10.1% -2.2%
6 months -99.2%-22.0%-20.0% +4.2%
Year to date -98.9%+5.6%-27.4% +10.6%
1 year -95.0%+28.7%— +10.4%
3 years -99.0%+52.4%— +73.6%
3 years, per year -78.5%+15.1%— +20.2%
5 years -100.0%-29.9%— +61.6%
5 years, per year -82.9%-6.9%— +10.1%
10 years -100.0%-7.4%— +261.3%
10 years, per year -74.0%-0.8%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureAERAKVHIVSNTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 393.6%59.9%41.2% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 448.5%58.5%46.5% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.691.180.38 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.240.48— 0.81
Max drawdown, 5Y -100.0%-63.5%-42.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -99.3%-37.0%-31.1% -3.2%
52-week high $1.52$11.69$47.45 $779.14
52-week low $0.01$5.26$27.42 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAERAKVHIVSNT
P/E now vs peer median -0.2xmedian 16.0x -24.4xmedian 11.6x 6.2xmedian 17.7x
P/S now vs peer median 0.0xmedian 1.0x 1.1xmedian 1.1x 0.7xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 0.0xmedian 9.6x 69.6xmedian 6.7x 3.0xmedian 10.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 0.0xmedian 9.0x -190.9xmedian 5.8x 2.7xmedian 8.5x
P/B now vs peer median 0.0xmedian 1.7x 1.1xmedian 1.4x 0.5xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median 0.00median 0.36 0.82median 0.24 —median 0.40

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAERAKVHIVSNT
Revenue $10.01M $125.01M $6.54B
Gross profit – $50.82M $3.66B
Operating income $3.28M -$8.75M $1.12B
Net income -$313.02K -$5.85M $726.00M
Free cash flow $2.58M -$744.00K $1.64B
R&D – $2.89M –
EPS (diluted) $-0.06 $-0.30 $5.23
Cash & equivalents $115.84K $57.72M $1.05B
Total debt $415.56K – $2.93B
Shares (diluted) 5.46M 19.67M 138.54M
Enterprise value -$617.48K -$120.53M $966.41M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAERAKVHIVSNT
P/E -0.2x -24.4x 6.2x
P/FCF 0.0x -190.9x 2.7x
P/Operating cash flow 0.0x 20.6x 2.5x
P/S 0.0x 1.1x 0.7x
P/B 0.0x 1.1x 0.5x
P/Tangible book 0.0x 1.1x 0.6x
EV/EBITDA 0.0x 69.6x 3.0x
EV/EBIT 0.1x -9.6x 5.7x
EV/Revenue 0.0x 0.7x 1.0x
EV/FCF 0.1x -113.3x 3.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 0.1x 12.2x 3.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.00 0.82 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAERAKVHIVSNT
Revenue growth (1Y) 102.4% 15.8% –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 65.5% -3.5% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 54.1% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -14.4% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 249.5% -12.1% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 44.1% -172.8% –
Net income growth (1Y) -134.8% 6.9% –
Net income CAGR (3Y) 54.6% -29.8% –
EPS growth (1Y) -40,365% 8.0% –
EPS CAGR (3Y) -164.0% -29.7% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 167.3% 13.1% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 57.6% -8.2% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 167.3% -351.4% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 57.6% 30.1% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAERAKVHIVSNT
Gross margin – 40.7% 56.0%
EBITDA margin 117.6% 1.0% 32.9%
Operating margin 32.8% -7.0% 17.1%
Pretax margin -3.1% -4.6% 15.0%
Net margin -3.1% -4.7% 11.1%
FCF margin 25.8% -0.6% 25.1%
Operating cash flow margin 25.8% 5.5% 27.4%
Return on equity -7.1% -4.5% 8.9%
Return on assets -3.3% -3.8% 5.7%
Return on invested capital – – 7.4%
Return on capital employed 156.1% -6.4% 9.7%
Asset turnover 1.0x 0.8x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -8.3x -1.2x 2.5x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.2% 0.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAERAKVHIVSNT
Debt / assets 4.1% – 23.1%
Debt / equity 0.2x – 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.0x – 0.9x
Debt / FCF 0.2x – 1.8x
Liabilities / assets 73.9% 13.6% 35.6%
Equity / assets 26.1% 86.4% 64.4%
Interest coverage 46.9x -1,459x 6.6x
Current ratio 0.1x 7.1x 2.1x
Quick ratio 0.1x 5.2x 1.9x
Cash ratio 0.0x 3.5x 0.9x
Altman Z-score -0.43 5.41 1.57

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAERAKVHIVSNT
Dividend yield – – 3.5%
Net buyback yield -898.2% 1.7% 6.7%
Shareholder yield -898.2% 1.7% 10.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAERAKVHIVSNT
Forward P/E – 36.8xFY2026 7.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $0.20FY2026 $4.28FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – – -24.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +240.0% +64.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $154.52MFY2026 $6.65BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +39.2%FY2026 -0.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +19.7% -3.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAERAKVHIVSNT
Held by institutions – 66.7% 88.0%
Institutions holding – 99 795
Change in shares held, QoQ – +25.2% +4.0%
Institutions buying – 69 302
Institutions selling – 22 313
Buyers to sellers – 3.14 0.96

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AERAKVHIVSNT
AERA 1.00 -0.01 -0.04
KVHI -0.01 1.00 -0.03
VSNT -0.04 -0.03 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AERA, KVHI and VSNT?

Versant Media (VSNT) is the largest by market capitalisation: AI Era (AERA) $32.76K, Kvh Industries Inc \De\ (KVHI) $139.05M, Versant Media (VSNT) $4.74B.

Which company is growing faster?

AI Era (AERA) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: AI Era (AERA) +102.4%, Kvh Industries Inc \De\ (KVHI) +15.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Versant Media (VSNT) has the highest net margin (AI Era (AERA) -3.1%, Kvh Industries Inc \De\ (KVHI) -4.7%, Versant Media (VSNT) 11.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Kvh Industries Inc \De\ (KVHI) returned the most: AI Era (AERA) -95.0%, Kvh Industries Inc \De\ (KVHI) +28.7%. Over five years, Kvh Industries Inc \De\ (KVHI) compounded fastest (AI Era (AERA) -82.9%/yr, Kvh Industries Inc \De\ (KVHI) -6.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Versant Media (VSNT) has been the steadiest (AI Era (AERA) 393.6%, Kvh Industries Inc \De\ (KVHI) 59.9%, Versant Media (VSNT) 41.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AERA, KVHI and VSNT?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Versant Media (VSNT) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.