Marqeta (MQ) Competitors

Marqeta (NASDAQ:MQ) and Instructure (NYSE:INST) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and profitability.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, MQ or INST?

Instructure has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Marqeta. Instructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marqeta, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Marqeta	$676.17M	4.03	-$222.96M	-$0.42	-12.64
Instructure	$530.21M	5.22	-$34.08M	-$0.24	-79.46

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MQ or INST?

Instructure received 336 more outperform votes than Marqeta when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.12% of users gave Instructure an outperform vote while only 50.88% of users gave Marqeta an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Marqeta	Outperform Votes 58 50.88%	Underperform Votes 56 49.12%
Instructure	Outperform Votes 394 69.12%	Underperform Votes 176 30.88%

Does the media favor MQ or INST?

In the previous week, Marqeta had 2 more articles in the media than Instructure. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Marqeta and 3 mentions for Instructure. Marqeta's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Instructure's score of 0.29 indicating that Marqeta is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Marqeta	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Instructure	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MQ or INST?

78.6% of Marqeta shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.1% of Instructure shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.9% of Marqeta shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Instructure shares are owned 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, MQ or INST?

Marqeta has a beta of 1.84, indicating that its share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Instructure has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MQ or INST more profitable?

Instructure has a net margin of -6.43% compared to Marqeta's net margin of -32.97%. Instructure's return on equity of 7.03% beat Marqeta's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Marqeta	-32.97%	-13.80%	-11.05%
Instructure	-6.43%	7.03%	4.18%

Do analysts prefer MQ or INST?

Marqeta presently has a consensus target price of $7.57, suggesting a potential upside of 44.22%. Instructure has a consensus target price of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 57.56%. Given Instructure's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Instructure is more favorable than Marqeta.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Marqeta	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Instructure	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Instructure beats Marqeta on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.