KPLT vs. SPRU, OSI, HWKZ, MAPS, AEVA, AAN, FPAY, URI, AER, and AL
Should you be buying Katapult stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Katapult include Spruce Power (SPRU), Osiris Acquisition (OSI), Hawks Acquisition (HWKZ), WM Technology (MAPS), Aeva Technologies (AEVA), Aaron's (AAN), FlexShopper (FPAY), United Rentals (URI), AerCap (AER), and Air Lease (AL).
Spruce Power (NYSE:SPRU) and Katapult (NASDAQ:KPLT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.
20.8% of Spruce Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.8% of Katapult shares are held by institutional investors. 9.5% of Spruce Power shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 40.0% of Katapult shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Katapult has a net margin of -12.30% compared to Katapult's net margin of -61.34%. Spruce Power's return on equity of 0.00% beat Katapult's return on equity.
Katapult has a consensus price target of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.51%. Given Spruce Power's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Katapult is more favorable than Spruce Power.
Spruce Power has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Katapult has a beta of 1.77, suggesting that its stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Katapult received 5 more outperform votes than Spruce Power when rated by MarketBeat users.
Katapult has higher revenue and earnings than Spruce Power. Katapult is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Spruce Power, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Katapult had 2 more articles in the media than Spruce Power. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Katapult and 0 mentions for Spruce Power. Spruce Power's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Katapult's score of 0.00 indicating that Katapult is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Katapult beats Spruce Power on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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