NaaS Technology (NAAS) Competitors

Hour Loop (NASDAQ:HOUR) and NaaS Technology (NASDAQ:NAAS) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk and media sentiment.

Which has more volatility & risk, HOUR or NAAS?

Hour Loop has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NaaS Technology has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HOUR or NAAS more profitable?

Hour Loop has a net margin of 1.24% compared to NaaS Technology's net margin of -292.81%. Hour Loop's return on equity of 31.06% beat NaaS Technology's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hour Loop	1.24%	31.06%	7.99%
NaaS Technology	-292.81%	N/A	-34.55%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, HOUR or NAAS?

Hour Loop has higher earnings, but lower revenue than NaaS Technology. NaaS Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hour Loop, 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
Hour Loop	$139.41M	0.32	-$2.43M	$0.01	125.00
NaaS Technology	$303.44M	0.04	-$184.07M	-$39.64	-0.03

Does the media prefer HOUR or NAAS?

In the previous week, Hour Loop had 1 more articles in the media than NaaS Technology. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Hour Loop and 1 mentions for NaaS Technology. Hour Loop's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat NaaS Technology's score of 0.00 indicating that Hour Loop is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hour Loop	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
NaaS Technology	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HOUR or NAAS?

Hour Loop received 1 more outperform votes than NaaS Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave NaaS Technology an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Hour Loop an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hour Loop	Outperform Votes 2 66.67%	Underperform Votes 1 33.33%
NaaS Technology	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in HOUR or NAAS?

0.3% of Hour Loop shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.8% of NaaS Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 95.0% of Hour Loop shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.0% of NaaS Technology shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Hour Loop beats NaaS Technology on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.