Bakkt (BKKT) Competitors

Equity Bancshares (NASDAQ:EQBK) and Bakkt (NYSE:BKKT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Which has more volatility and risk, EQBK or BKKT?

Equity Bancshares has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bakkt has a beta of 5.41, indicating that its share price is 441% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer EQBK or BKKT?

Equity Bancshares currently has a consensus target price of $46.60, suggesting a potential upside of 20.74%. Given Equity Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Equity Bancshares is more favorable than Bakkt.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Equity Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Bakkt	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in EQBK or BKKT?

71.8% of Equity Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.1% of Bakkt shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.6% of Equity Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Bakkt shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, EQBK or BKKT?

Equity Bancshares has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bakkt. Bakkt is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equity Bancshares, 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
Equity Bancshares	$225.03M	3.00	$62.62M	$3.93	9.82
Bakkt	$3.71B	0.04	-$74.85M	-$4.94	-2.22

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EQBK or BKKT?

Equity Bancshares received 134 more outperform votes than Bakkt when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 48.14% of users gave Equity Bancshares an outperform vote while only 40.00% of users gave Bakkt an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Equity Bancshares	Outperform Votes 142 48.14%	Underperform Votes 153 51.86%
Bakkt	Outperform Votes 8 40.00%	Underperform Votes 12 60.00%

Is EQBK or BKKT more profitable?

Equity Bancshares has a net margin of 18.66% compared to Bakkt's net margin of -2.84%. Equity Bancshares' return on equity of 14.64% beat Bakkt's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Equity Bancshares	18.66%	14.64%	1.31%
Bakkt	-2.84%	-62.65%	-5.94%

Does the media prefer EQBK or BKKT?

In the previous week, Bakkt had 10 more articles in the media than Equity Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Bakkt and 3 mentions for Equity Bancshares. Equity Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Bakkt's score of -0.01 indicating that Equity Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Equity Bancshares	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Bakkt	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Equity Bancshares beats Bakkt on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.