Innodata (INOD 4.84%), which went public in 1993, was once considered a slow-growth provider of content digitization, digital publishing, and data enrichment services. But in 2018, it launched a suite of task-specific microservices that could efficiently annotate large amounts of high-quality data for AI applications. The market's demand for these services skyrocketed as the AI market expanded, and its stock soared 2,750% over the past six years.
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Investors might be wary of chasing Innodata's stock after those massive gains, but it could generate even bigger millionaire-making gains for three simple reasons.
First, at least five of the Magnificent Seven companies already use Innodata's services to prepare their AI-oriented data. Second, when those tech companies launch a new AI project, they often spend 80% of their time preparing the raw data and just 20% training the actual algorithm. Innodata's services allow them to spend a lot more time training their algorithms.
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Lastly, Innodata's stock still looks reasonably valued relative to its growth potential. From 2024 to 2027, analysts expect its revenue and EPS to grow at CAGRs of 36% and 12%, respectively. At $42, it trades at 36 times its projected 2026 EPS. With a market cap of $1.4 billion, it could also be a tempting takeover target for a bigger tech company as the AI war intensifies.
