Comparing Maquia Capital Acquisition (NASDAQ:MAQC) and Shopify (NASDAQ:SHOP)

Maquia Capital Acquisition (NASDAQ:MAQC) and Shopify (NASDAQ:SHOP) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and dividends.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Maquia Capital Acquisition and Shopify”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Maquia Capital Acquisition	N/A	N/A	-$960,000.00	($0.03)	-376.67
Shopify	$8.88 billion	23.94	$2.02 billion	$1.79	91.39

Shopify has higher revenue and earnings than Maquia Capital Acquisition. Maquia Capital Acquisition is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shopify, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk and Volatility

Maquia Capital Acquisition has a beta of -0.03, suggesting that its stock price is 103% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shopify has a beta of 2.73, suggesting that its stock price is 173% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

12.4% of Maquia Capital Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.3% of Shopify shares are held by institutional investors. 92.7% of Maquia Capital Acquisition shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Maquia Capital Acquisition and Shopify’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Maquia Capital Acquisition	N/A	-10.66%	10.86%
Shopify	23.42%	12.30%	10.17%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Maquia Capital Acquisition and Shopify, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Maquia Capital Acquisition	0	0	0	0	0.00
Shopify	1	22	22	1	2.50

Shopify has a consensus target price of $156.57, indicating a potential downside of 4.29%. Given Shopify’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Shopify is more favorable than Maquia Capital Acquisition.

Summary

Shopify beats Maquia Capital Acquisition on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Maquia Capital Acquisition

Maquia Capital Acquisition Corporation does not have significant operations. It focuses on effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. The company intends to focus its search on technology-focused middle market and emerging growth companies in North America. Maquia Capital Acquisition Corporation was incorporated in 2020 and is based in Miami, Florida.

About Shopify

Shopify Inc., a commerce company, provides a commerce platform and services in Canada, the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, Australia, China, and Latin America. The company’s platform enables merchants to displays, manages, markets, and sells its products through various sales channels, including web and mobile storefronts, physical retail locations, pop-up shops, social media storefronts, native mobile apps, buy buttons, and marketplaces; and enables to manage products and inventory, process orders and payments, fulfill and ship orders, new buyers and build customer relationships, source products, leverage analytics and reporting, manage cash, payments and transactions, and access financing. It also sells custom themes and apps, and registration of domain names; and merchant solutions, which include accepting payments, shipping, and securing working capital. The company was formerly known as Jaded Pixel Technologies Inc. and changed its name to Shopify Inc. in November 2011. Shopify Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.