mPhase Technologies (OTCMKTS:XDSL) versus AvePoint (NASDAQ:AVPT) Head to Head Contrast

AvePoint (NASDAQ:AVPT) and mPhase Technologies (OTCMKTS:XDSL) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for AvePoint and mPhase Technologies, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AvePoint	0	1	3	0	2.75
mPhase Technologies	0	0	0	0	N/A

AvePoint currently has a consensus price target of $12.75, indicating a potential upside of 8.88%. Given AvePoint’s higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe AvePoint is more favorable than mPhase Technologies.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

44.5% of AvePoint shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.8% of AvePoint shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 47.2% of mPhase Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

AvePoint has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, mPhase Technologies has a beta of 0.14, indicating that its share price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares AvePoint and mPhase Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AvePoint	-4.77%	-6.66%	-3.32%
mPhase Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares AvePoint and mPhase Technologies”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AvePoint	$299.88 million	7.24	-$21.50 million	($0.08)	-146.38
mPhase Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

mPhase Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AvePoint.

Summary

AvePoint beats mPhase Technologies on 5 of the 9 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 mPhase Technologies

mPhase Technologies, Inc. provides artificial intelligence and machine learning focused technology products and related services. It offers mPower EV Charging Network; and Consumer Engagement Platform to understand behavior patterns of consumers and allows the retailers to make these just in time offers available to the end consumer as they travel. mPhase Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Rockville, Maryland.