Maris-Tech (NASDAQ:MTEK) and Powerfleet (NASDAQ:AIOT) Critical Comparison

Maris-Tech (NASDAQ:MTEK) and Powerfleet (NASDAQ:AIOT) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Profitability

This table compares Maris-Tech and Powerfleet’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Maris-Tech	N/A	N/A	N/A
Powerfleet	N/A	N/A	N/A

Risk and Volatility

Maris-Tech has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Powerfleet has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Maris-Tech and Powerfleet, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Maris-Tech	0	0	0	0	0.00
Powerfleet	0	0	5	0	3.00

Powerfleet has a consensus price target of $10.50, indicating a potential upside of 121.05%. Given Powerfleet’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Powerfleet is more favorable than Maris-Tech.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.6% of Maris-Tech shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.4% of Powerfleet shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.3% of Maris-Tech shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Powerfleet shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Maris-Tech and Powerfleet”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Maris-Tech	$6.08 million	3.37	-$2.71 million	N/A	N/A
Powerfleet	$133.74 million	4.71	-$3.50 million	N/A	N/A

Maris-Tech has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Powerfleet.

Summary

Powerfleet beats Maris-Tech on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Maris-Tech

Maris-Tech Ltd. designs and manufactures digital video and audio hardware and software solutions for the professionals, as well as the civilian and home security markets worldwide. The company offers intelligent video surveillance solutions, communication technology products, modular video encoding/decoding platform, ultra-low latency streaming solutions, dual channel low power encoder systems, multi channel encoding streaming and recording platform, miniature recording and streaming platforms, and video encoding and decoding platform. Its products are used in drone, robotic, defense, homeland security, HLS, intelligence gathering, autonomous vehicle, and space markets and applications. The company was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Rehovot, Israel.

About Powerfleet

PowerFleet, Inc. engages in the provision of fleet management solutions for logistics, industrial, and vehicles. It offers wireless Internet of Things and machine to machine solutions for securing, controlling, tracking, and managing enterprise assets such as industrial trucks, tractor trailers, containers, cargo, and vehicle and truck fleets. It operates through the following geographical segments: United States, Israel, and Other. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Woodcliff Lake, NJ.