KPLT vs. AQMS, UCL, CXAI, AIRE, ABLV, SKIL, FLNT, ATGL, PONO, and HSON
Should you be buying Katapult stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Katapult include Aqua Metals (AQMS), uCloudlink Group (UCL), CXApp (CXAI), reAlpha Tech (AIRE), Able View Global (ABLV), Skillsoft (SKIL), Fluent (FLNT), Alpha Technology Group (ATGL), Pono Capital (PONO), and Hudson Global (HSON). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Aqua Metals (NASDAQ:AQMS) and Katapult (NASDAQ:KPLT) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, community ranking and dividends.
In the previous week, Aqua Metals had 1 more articles in the media than Katapult. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Aqua Metals and 4 mentions for Katapult. Katapult's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Aqua Metals' score of 0.67 indicating that Aqua Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Aqua Metals received 250 more outperform votes than Katapult when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.30% of users gave Aqua Metals an outperform vote while only 38.46% of users gave Katapult an outperform vote.
Aqua Metals has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Katapult. Katapult is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aqua Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Aqua Metals has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Katapult has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
22.0% of Aqua Metals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.8% of Katapult shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of Aqua Metals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 46.1% of Katapult shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Aqua Metals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Aqua Metals' net margin of -16.66%. Aqua Metals' return on equity of 0.00% beat Katapult's return on equity.
Aqua Metals currently has a consensus price target of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 595.41%. Katapult has a consensus price target of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.87%. Given Katapult's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Aqua Metals is more favorable than Katapult.
Summary
Aqua Metals beats Katapult on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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