Analyzing Vivakor (OTCMKTS:VIVKD) and Black Titan (NASDAQ:BTTC)

Vivakor (OTCMKTS:VIVKD) and Black Titan (NASDAQ:BTTC) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Vivakor and Black Titan”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vivakor	$104.42 million	0.01	-$110.23 million	($624.00)	-0.00
Black Titan	$180,000.00	18.25	-$4.71 million	($2.95)	-0.10

Black Titan has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Vivakor. Black Titan is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vivakor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

12.3% of Vivakor shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.2% of Vivakor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Black Titan shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Vivakor and Black Titan’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vivakor	-105.57%	-141.06%	-56.70%
Black Titan	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility & Risk

Vivakor has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Black Titan has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Vivakor and Black Titan, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vivakor	1	0	0	0	1.00
Black Titan	1	0	0	0	1.00

Summary

Black Titan beats Vivakor on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Vivakor

Vivakor, Inc. operates, acquires, and develops technologies and assets in the oil and gas industry and related environmental solutions in the United States and Kuwait. The company owns and operates a crude oil gathering, storage, and transportation facility in Delhi, Louisiana. It also owns a crude oil storage tank located near Colorado City, Texas. In addition, the company offers remediation of soil and the extraction of hydrocarbons, such as oil from properties contaminated by or laden with heavy crude oil and other hydrocarbon-based substances. The company was formerly known as NGI Holdings, LLC and changed its name to Vivakor, Inc. in April 2008. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

About Black Titan

Titan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company developingproprietary therapeutics for the treatment of central nervous system disorders, cancer, and other serious and life threatening diseases. In the central nervous system arena, the company is developing iloperidone, which is clinical testing for schizophrenia through a licensing and development agreement with Novartis Pharma AG. Novartis has tradenamed the product Zomaril.