WM Technology (NASDAQ:MAPS – Get Free Report) and Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
22.0% of WM Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of Akamai Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 19.7% of WM Technology shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Akamai Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Risk and Volatility
WM Technology has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Akamai Technologies has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| WM Technology | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Akamai Technologies | 2 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 2.46 |
Akamai Technologies has a consensus target price of $141.62, suggesting a potential upside of 34.59%. Given Akamai Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Akamai Technologies is more favorable than WM Technology.
Profitability
This table compares WM Technology and Akamai Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| WM Technology | 1.12% | 1.51% | 1.04% |
| Akamai Technologies | 9.51% | 11.32% | 4.47% |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares WM Technology and Akamai Technologies”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| WM Technology | $174.70 million | 0.36 | $1.96 million | $0.02 | 19.90 |
| Akamai Technologies | $4.21 billion | 3.59 | $452.03 million | $2.78 | 37.85 |
Akamai Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than WM Technology. WM Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Akamai Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Akamai Technologies beats WM Technology on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About WM Technology
WM Technology, Inc. provides ecommerce and compliance software solutions to retailers and brands in cannabis market in the United States and internationally. The company offers Weedmaps marketplace that allows cannabis users to search for and browse cannabis products from retailers and brands, and reserve products from local retailers; and education and learning information to help newer consumers learn about the types of products to purchase. It also provides monthly subscription-based business software solutions, including WM Listings, WM Orders, WM Store, WM Connectors, and WM Insights as well as other add-on products, such as WM Ads, WM AdSuite, WM Customer Relationship Management, WM Dispatch, and WM Screens. WM Technology, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.
About Akamai Technologies
Akamai Technologies, Inc. provides cloud computing, security, and content delivery services in the United States and internationally. The company offers cloud solutions to keep infrastructure, websites, applications, application programming interfaces, and users safe from various cyberattacks and online threats while enhancing performance. It also provides web and mobile performance solutions to enable dynamic websites and applications; media delivery solutions, including video streaming and video player services, game and software delivery, broadcast operations, authoritative domain name system, resolution, and data and analytics; and cloud computing services, such as compute, storage, networking, database, and container management services to build, deploy, and secure applications and workloads. In addition, the company offers content delivery solutions; and an array of service and support to assist customers with integrating, configuring, optimizing, and managing its offerings. It sells its solutions through various channel partners. Akamai Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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