Cantor Equity Partners (NASDAQ:CEPO – Get Free Report) and Acacia Research (NASDAQ:ACTG – Get Free Report) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends and valuation.
Volatility and Risk
Cantor Equity Partners has a beta of -0.05, indicating that its stock price is 105% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acacia Research has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Cantor Equity Partners and Acacia Research, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Cantor Equity Partners | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Acacia Research | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
86.7% of Acacia Research shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Acacia Research shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Cantor Equity Partners and Acacia Research’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Cantor Equity Partners | N/A | N/A | -2.95% |
| Acacia Research | -5.39% | 0.44% | 0.33% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Cantor Equity Partners and Acacia Research”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Cantor Equity Partners | N/A | N/A | -$6.66 million | ($0.47) | -22.70 |
| Acacia Research | $285.23 million | 1.63 | $21.68 million | ($0.15) | -32.13 |
Acacia Research has higher revenue and earnings than Cantor Equity Partners. Acacia Research is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cantor Equity Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Acacia Research beats Cantor Equity Partners on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Cantor Equity Partners
Cantor Equity Partners I, Inc. is a blank check company. It was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The company was founded on November 11, 2020 and is headquartered in New York, NY.
About Acacia Research
Acacia is a publicly traded (Nasdaq: ACTG) company that is focused on acquiring and operating businesses across the industrial, energy and technology sectors where it believes it can leverage its expertise, significant capital base, and deep industry relationships to drive value. Acacia evaluates opportunities based on the attractiveness of the underlying cash flows, without regard to a specific investment horizon. Acacia operates its businesses based on three key principles of people, process, and performance and has built a management team with demonstrated expertise in research, transactions and execution, and operations and management.
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