Contrasting Direct Selling Acquisition (NYSE:DSAQ) and Rigetti Computing (NASDAQ:RGTI)

Direct Selling Acquisition (NYSE:DSAQ) and Rigetti Computing (NASDAQ:RGTI) are both small-cap unclassified companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

47.3% of Direct Selling Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.4% of Rigetti Computing shares are held by institutional investors. 50.7% of Direct Selling Acquisition shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Rigetti Computing shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Direct Selling Acquisition and Rigetti Computing, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Direct Selling Acquisition	0	0	0	0	N/A
Rigetti Computing	0	0	3	0	3.00

Rigetti Computing has a consensus target price of $3.17, suggesting a potential upside of 193.21%. Given Rigetti Computing’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Rigetti Computing is more favorable than Direct Selling Acquisition.

Risk and Volatility

Direct Selling Acquisition has a beta of -0.02, indicating that its share price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rigetti Computing has a beta of 2.32, indicating that its share price is 132% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Direct Selling Acquisition and Rigetti Computing’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Direct Selling Acquisition	N/A	N/A	-$270,000.00	N/A	N/A
Rigetti Computing	$12.01 million	15.46	-$75.11 million	($0.53)	-2.04

Direct Selling Acquisition has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Rigetti Computing.

Profitability

This table compares Direct Selling Acquisition and Rigetti Computing’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Direct Selling Acquisition	N/A	N/A	-9.03%
Rigetti Computing	-563.97%	-59.05%	-41.14%

Summary

Direct Selling Acquisition beats Rigetti Computing on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Direct Selling Acquisition

Direct Selling Acquisition Corp. does not have significant operations. The company intends to effect a merger, stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. It focuses on acquiring companies in the direct selling industry. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is based in Plano, Texas.

About Rigetti Computing

Rigetti Computing, Inc., through its subsidiaries, builds quantum computers and the superconducting quantum processors. The company offers cloud in a form of quantum processing unit, such as 9-qubit chip and Ankaa-2 system under the Novera brand name; and sells access to its quantum computers through quantum computing as a service. It also provides quantum cloud services that provides various range of support in programming, public or private clouds integration, and connectivity, as well as quantum operating system software that supports both public and private cloud architectures. In addition, the company offers professional services, such as algorithm development, benchmarking, quantum application programming, and software development. The company serves commercial enterprises, government organizations, and international government entities. It has operations in the United States and the United Kingdom. Rigetti Computing, Inc. was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Berkeley, California.