Contrasting WM Technology (NASDAQ:MAPS) & Loop Industries (NASDAQ:LOOP)

WM Technology (NASDAQ:MAPS) and Loop Industries (NASDAQ:LOOP) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for WM Technology and Loop Industries, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
WM Technology	1	0	1	0	2.00
Loop Industries	0	0	0	0	0.00

WM Technology presently has a consensus price target of $2.61, suggesting a potential upside of 574.07%. Given WM Technology’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe WM Technology is more favorable than Loop Industries.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

22.0% of WM Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.9% of Loop Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 19.7% of WM Technology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 45.9% of Loop Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares WM Technology and Loop Industries”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
WM Technology	$174.70 million	0.35	$1.96 million	$0.01	38.72
Loop Industries	$510,000.00	94.86	-$12.30 million	($0.26)	-3.85

WM Technology has higher revenue and earnings than Loop Industries. Loop Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WM Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares WM Technology and Loop Industries’ 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%
Loop Industries	N/A	N/A	-100.27%

Risk and Volatility

WM Technology has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Loop Industries has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

WM Technology beats Loop Industries on 11 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 Loop Industries

Loop Industries, Inc., a technology company, focuses on depolymerizing waste polyethylene terephthalate PET plastics and polyester fibers, including plastic bottles, packaging, carpets and textiles of any color, transparency and even ocean plastics that have been degraded by the sun and salt, to its base building blocks. Its polymerized monomers into virgin-quality PET resins for use in food-grade plastic packaging, such as plastic bottles for water and carbonated soft drinks, and containers for food and other consumer products; and polyester fibers, including textiles, clothing, and apparel. The company was incorporated in 2010 and is based in Terrebonne, Canada.