Financial Analysis: AvePoint (NASDAQ:AVPT) and Maquia Capital Acquisition (NASDAQ:MAQC)

AvePoint (NASDAQ:AVPT) and Maquia Capital Acquisition (NASDAQ:MAQC) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

44.5% of AvePoint shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.4% of Maquia Capital Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. 27.8% of AvePoint shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 79.6% of Maquia Capital Acquisition shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares AvePoint and Maquia Capital Acquisition”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AvePoint	$315.92 million	11.03	-$21.50 million	($0.05)	-373.40
Maquia Capital Acquisition	N/A	N/A	-$960,000.00	N/A	N/A

Maquia Capital Acquisition has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AvePoint.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for AvePoint and Maquia Capital Acquisition, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AvePoint	0	2	3	0	2.60
Maquia Capital Acquisition	0	0	0	0	0.00

AvePoint currently has a consensus target price of $13.20, suggesting a potential downside of 29.30%. Given AvePoint’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe AvePoint is more favorable than Maquia Capital Acquisition.

Profitability

This table compares AvePoint and Maquia Capital Acquisition’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AvePoint	-2.36%	-3.16%	-1.55%
Maquia Capital Acquisition	N/A	-10.66%	10.86%

Summary

AvePoint beats Maquia Capital Acquisition on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About AvePoint

AvePoint, Inc. provides cloud-native data management software platform in North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific. It also offers software-as-a-service solutions and productivity applications. The company offers modularity and cloud services architecture to address critical challenges and the management of data to organizations that leverage third-party cloud vendors, including Microsoft, Salesforce, Google, AWS, Box, DropBox, and others; license and support; and maintenance services. AvePoint, Inc. was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey.

About Maquia Capital Acquisition

Maquia Capital Acquisition Corporation does not have significant operations. It focuses on effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. The company intends to focus its search on technology-focused middle market and emerging growth companies in North America. Maquia Capital Acquisition Corporation was incorporated in 2020 and is based in Miami, Florida.