Marqeta (NASDAQ:MQ – Get Free Report) and TaoWeave (NASDAQ:TWAV – Get Free Report) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Profitability
This table compares Marqeta and TaoWeave’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Marqeta | 1.53% | 1.36% | 0.71% |
| TaoWeave | -272.06% | -108.74% | -94.22% |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
78.6% of Marqeta shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.0% of TaoWeave shares are held by institutional investors. 13.7% of Marqeta shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of TaoWeave shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Marqeta and TaoWeave”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Marqeta | $624.88 million | 3.11 | -$13.93 million | $0.11 | 169.91 |
| TaoWeave | $2.44 million | 2.24 | -$6.36 million | ($1.60) | -0.88 |
TaoWeave has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Marqeta. TaoWeave is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marqeta, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk & Volatility
Marqeta has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TaoWeave has a beta of 2.62, meaning that its share price is 162% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Marqeta and TaoWeave, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Marqeta | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| TaoWeave | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Marqeta currently has a consensus price target of $19.71, indicating a potential upside of 5.48%. Given Marqeta’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Marqeta is more favorable than TaoWeave.
Summary
Marqeta beats TaoWeave on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Marqeta
Marqeta, Inc. operates a cloud-based open application programming interface platform that delivers card issuing and transaction processing services. It offers its solutions in various verticals, including financial services, on-demand services, expense management, and e-commerce enablement, as well as buy now, pay later. Marqeta, Inc. was incorporated in 2010 and is headquartered in Oakland, California.
About TaoWeave
Oblong Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides multi-stream collaboration technologies and managed services for video collaboration and network applications in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Collaboration Products and Managed Services. Its flagship product is Mezzanine that enables visual collaboration across multi-users, multi-screens, multi-devices, and multi-locations for video telepresence, laptop and application sharing, and whiteboard sharing and slides applications. The company also provides managed videoconferencing services; and remote service management, which provides an overlay to enterprise information technology and channel partner support organizations, as well as support and management services for customer video environments. In addition, it offers network services comprising Cloud Connect: Video that allows its customers to outsource the management of their video traffic to them and provides the customer’s office locations with a secure, dedicated video network connection to the Oblong Cloud for video communications; Cloud Connect: Converge, which offers customized multiprotocol label switching solutions; and Cloud Connect: Cross Connect that allows the customer to leverage existing carrier for the extension of a Layer 2 private line to its data center. Further, it provides professional services, such as software development, visual and interaction design, engineering, and project support services; and resells video equipment to its customers. Oblong Inc. is based in Conifer, Colorado.
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