SaverOne 2014 (NASDAQ:SVRE) & Compass (NYSE:COMP) Critical Analysis

SaverOne 2014 (NASDAQ:SVRE) and Compass (NYSE:COMP) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, risk, dividends and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for SaverOne 2014 and Compass, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SaverOne 2014	0	0	0	0	N/A
Compass	1	4	4	0	2.33

Compass has a consensus target price of $3.78, suggesting a potential upside of 9.03%. Given Compass’ higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Compass is more favorable than SaverOne 2014.

Risk and Volatility

SaverOne 2014 has a beta of 2.14, indicating that its share price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Compass has a beta of 2.93, indicating that its share price is 193% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

4.9% of SaverOne 2014 shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.1% of Compass shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.9% of Compass shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares SaverOne 2014 and Compass’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SaverOne 2014	N/A	N/A	N/A
Compass	-6.58%	-70.51%	-23.97%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares SaverOne 2014 and Compass’ revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SaverOne 2014	$710,000.00	3.09	-$7.44 million	N/A	N/A
Compass	$4.89 billion	0.35	-$321.30 million	($0.68)	-5.10

SaverOne 2014 has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Compass.

Summary

Compass beats SaverOne 2014 on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About SaverOne 2014

SaverOne 2014 Ltd, a technology company, engages in the design, development, and commercialization of transportation and safety solutions to save lives by preventing car accidents. The company is developing SaverOne Driver Distraction Prevention Solution system, an advanced driver safety solution that can identify and monitor mobile phones located in the driver's vicinity and selectively block use of life-threatening applications; and solutions for detection of vulnerable road users. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Petah Tikva, Israel.

About Compass

Compass, Inc. provides real estate brokerage services in the United States. It operates a cloud-based platform that provides an integrated suite of software for customer relationship management, marketing, client service, operations, and other functionality in the real estate industry. The company offers mobile apps that allow agents to manage their business anytime and anywhere, as well as designs consumer-grade user interfaces, automated and simplified workflows for agent-client interactions, and insight-rich dashboards and reports. It also provides full-service title and escrow/settlement services to real estate agents' clients, real estate companies, and financial institutions relating to the closing of home purchases as well as the refinancing of home loans; and Compass Concierge, a program in which home sellers access to capital to front the cost of home improvement services. The company was formerly known as Urban Compass, Inc. and changed its name to Compass, Inc. in January 2021.Compass, Inc. was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, New York.