Reviewing Creative Realities (NASDAQ:CREX) & Canna-Global Acquisition (NASDAQ:CNGL)

Creative Realities (NASDAQ:CREX) and Canna-Global Acquisition (NASDAQ:CNGL) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

41.3% of Creative Realities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.6% of Canna-Global Acquisition shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.9% of Creative Realities shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 72.1% of Canna-Global Acquisition shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Creative Realities and Canna-Global Acquisition’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Creative Realities	-4.31%	-2.74%	-1.09%
Canna-Global Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Creative Realities and Canna-Global Acquisition, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Creative Realities	0	0	1	0	3.00
Canna-Global Acquisition	0	0	0	0	N/A

Creative Realities currently has a consensus target price of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 78.17%. Given Creative Realities’ higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Creative Realities is more favorable than Canna-Global Acquisition.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Creative Realities and Canna-Global Acquisition’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Creative Realities	$45.17 million	1.04	-$2.94 million	($0.21)	-21.38
Canna-Global Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Canna-Global Acquisition has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Creative Realities.

About Creative Realities

Creative Realities, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides digital marketing technology and solutions in the United States and internationally. It offers digital signage and media solutions to enhance communications in a wide-ranging variety of out-of-home environments. The company's solutions include digital merchandising systems and omni-channel customer engagement systems; interactive digital shopping assistants; advisors and kiosks; and other interactive marketing technologies, such as mobile, social media, point-of-sale transactions, beaconing, and web-based media that enables its customers to engage with their consumers. It also provides hardware system design/engineering, hardware installation, content development, content scheduling, post-deployment network and field support, and media sales, as well as media management and distribution software platforms and networks; device and product management; and customized software service layers, systems, experiences, workflows, and integrated solutions. The company sells its solutions to the automotive, retail, digital out of home comprising advertising networks and retail media networks, foodservice/quick-serve restaurants, financial services, gaming, and sports and entertainment venues. Creative Realities, Inc. is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.

About Canna-Global Acquisition

Canna-Global Acquisition Corp. does not have significant operations. The company intends to acquire and engage in a share exchange, share reconstruction, and amalgamation with one or more businesses or entities. It intends to focus its search of target business in the cannabis industry. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is based in Marina Del Rey, California.