Critical Contrast: Atea ASA (OTCMKTS:ATAZF) versus WM Technology (NASDAQ:MAPS)

WM Technology (NASDAQ:MAPS) and Atea ASA (OTCMKTS:ATAZF) are both technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for WM Technology and Atea ASA, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
WM Technology	1	0	0	0	1.00
Atea ASA	0	0	0	0	0.00

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares WM Technology and Atea ASA”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
WM Technology	$174.70 million	0.36	$1.96 million	$0.02	20.00
Atea ASA	N/A	N/A	N/A	C$3.96	4.49

WM Technology has higher revenue and earnings than Atea ASA. Atea ASA 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 Atea ASA’s 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%
Atea ASA	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional and Insider Ownership

22.0% of WM Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.0% of Atea ASA shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.7% of WM Technology shares are owned 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.

Summary

WM Technology beats Atea ASA on 7 of the 9 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 Atea ASA

Atea ASA provides IT infrastructure and related solutions for businesses and public sector organizations in the Nordic countries and Baltic regions. The company offers data center and networking solutions comprising of cloudtrack, continuity planning, backup service, managed data center, cloud intelligence service, and disaster recovery services. It is also involved in software licensing and cloud solutions. In addition, the company provides business intelligence, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, and machine learning services. Further, it offers IT security lifecycle management, and digital workplace solutions. Atea ASA was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.